Evaluation

What does “Evaluation” mean for the NIME community?

Evaluation has been suggested to be one of the main trends in current NIME research. However, the meaning of the term for the community may not be as clear as it seems. In order to explore this issue, we have analyzed all papers and posters published …

Illusio: A Drawing-Based Digital Music Instrument

This paper presents an innovative digital musical instrument, the Illusio, based on an augmented multi-touch interface that combines a traditional multi-touch surface and a device similar to a guitar pedal. Illusio allows users to perform by drawing …

Considering Audience's View Towards an Evaluation Methodology for Digital Musical Instruments

The authors propose the development of a more complete Digital Music Instrument (DMI) evaluation methodology, which provides structured tools for the incremental development of prototypes based on user feedback. This paper emphasizes an important but …

Towards an evaluation methodology for digital music instruments considering performer’s view: a case study

With the increasing number of initiatives concerning the design of new Digital Musical Instruments in the recent years and with the perceivable lack of methods for evaluating them, this work proposes a process for evaluating those devices considering …