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Utilising natural cross-modal mappings for visual control of feature-based sound synthesis (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Tsiros, A., & Leplâtre, G. (2017). Utilising natural cross-modal mappings for visual control of feature-based sound synthesis. In Proceedings of the 19th ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction - ICMI 2017 (128-136). https://doi.org/10.1145/3136755.3136798

This paper presents the results of an investigation into audio-visual (AV) correspondences conducted as part of the development of Morpheme, a painting interface to control a corpus-based concatenative sound synthesis algorithm. Previous research has... Read More about Utilising natural cross-modal mappings for visual control of feature-based sound synthesis.

CymaSense: a novel audio-visual therapeutic tool for people on the autism spectrum. (2017)
Conference Proceeding
McGowan, J., Leplâtre, G., & McGregor, I. (2017). CymaSense: a novel audio-visual therapeutic tool for people on the autism spectrum. In ASSETS '17 Proceedings of the 19th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (62-71). https://doi.org/10.1145/3132525.3132539

Music Therapy has been shown to be an effective intervention for clients with Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC), a lifelong neurodevelopmental condition that can affect people in a number of ways. This paper presents a study evaluating the use of a mul... Read More about CymaSense: a novel audio-visual therapeutic tool for people on the autism spectrum..

The Effectiveness of Two Audiovisual Mappings to Control a Concatenative Synthesiser (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Tsiros, A., & Leplâtre, G. (2017). The Effectiveness of Two Audiovisual Mappings to Control a Concatenative Synthesiser. In T. Lokki, J. Pätynen, & V. Välimäki (Eds.), Proceedings of the 14th Sound and Music Computing Conference 2017 (320-327)

This paper presents the results of an investigation into audio visual (AV) correspondences conducted as part of the development of Morpheme, a painting interface to control a corpus-based concatenative sound synthesiser. Our goal was to measure the e... Read More about The Effectiveness of Two Audiovisual Mappings to Control a Concatenative Synthesiser.

CymaSense: a real-time 3D cymatics-based sound visualisation tool (2017)
Conference Proceeding
McGowan, J., Leplâtre, G., & McGregor, I. (2017). CymaSense: a real-time 3D cymatics-based sound visualisation tool. In DIS '17 Companion Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference Companion Publication on Designing Interactive Systems (270-274). https://doi.org/10.1145/3064857.3079159

What does music look like? Representation of music has taken many forms over time, from musical notation [16], through to random algorithm-based visualisations based on the amplitude of an audio signal [19]. One aspect of music visualisation that has... Read More about CymaSense: a real-time 3D cymatics-based sound visualisation tool.

An evaluation of a sketching interface for interaction with concatenative sound synthesis. (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Tsiros, A., & LePlâtre, G. (2016, September). An evaluation of a sketching interface for interaction with concatenative sound synthesis. Paper presented at 42nd International Computer Music Conference

This paper presents the evaluation of morpheme a sketching interface for the control of sound synthesis. We explain the task that was designed in order to assess the effectiveness of the interface, detect usability issues and gather participants’ res... Read More about An evaluation of a sketching interface for interaction with concatenative sound synthesis..

Sketching concatenative synthesis: audiovisual Isomorphism in reduced modes. (2012)
Conference Proceeding
Tsiros, A., LePlâtre, G., & Smyth, M. (2012). Sketching concatenative synthesis: audiovisual Isomorphism in reduced modes. In 9th Sound and Music Computing Conference (409-507)

This paper presents a prototype allowing the control of a concatenative synthesis algorithm using a 2D sketching interface. The design of the system is underpinned by a preliminary discussion in which isomorphisms between auditory and visual phen... Read More about Sketching concatenative synthesis: audiovisual Isomorphism in reduced modes..

Visualising the soundfield and soundscape: extending Macaulay and Crerar’s 1998 method (2008)
Conference Proceeding
McGregor, I., Crerar, A., Benyon, D., & LePlâtre, G. (2008). Visualising the soundfield and soundscape: extending Macaulay and Crerar’s 1998 method. In Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Auditory Display

The introduction of effective auditory warnings into a shared environment requires a prior understanding of the existing soundfield and soundscape. Reifying the physical and perceptual auditory environment enables a form of pre-auditioning, as well a... Read More about Visualising the soundfield and soundscape: extending Macaulay and Crerar’s 1998 method.

Establishing key dimensions for reifying soundfields and soundscapes from auditory professionals. (2007)
Conference Proceeding
McGregor, I., Crerar, A., Benyon, D., & LePlâtre, G. (2007). Establishing key dimensions for reifying soundfields and soundscapes from auditory professionals. In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Auditory Display (364-371)

This paper presents a unique insight into the way acousticians, computing specialists and sound designers describe the dimensions of sound they use. Seventy-five audio professionals completed a detailed questionnaire created to elicit common definiti... Read More about Establishing key dimensions for reifying soundfields and soundscapes from auditory professionals..

Workplace soundscape mapping: a trial of Macaulay and Crerar’s method (2006)
Conference Proceeding
McGregor, I., Crerar, A., Benyon, D., & LePlâtre, G. (2006). Workplace soundscape mapping: a trial of Macaulay and Crerar’s method. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD2006)

This paper describes a trial of Macaulay and Crerar’s method of mapping a workplace soundscape to assess its fitness as a basis for an extended soundscape mapping method. Twelve participants took part within 14 separate environments, which included a... Read More about Workplace soundscape mapping: a trial of Macaulay and Crerar’s method.

Designing non-speech sounds to support navigation in mobile phone menus. (2000)
Conference Proceeding
LePlâtre, G., & Brewster, S. A. (2000). Designing non-speech sounds to support navigation in mobile phone menus.

This paper describes a framework for integrating non-speech audio to hierarchical menu structures where the visual feedback is limited. In the first part of this paper, emphasis is put on how to extract sound design principles from actual navigation... Read More about Designing non-speech sounds to support navigation in mobile phone menus..

Using non-speech sounds in mobile computing devices. (2000)
Conference Proceeding
Brewster, S. A., LePlâtre, G., & Crease, M. (2000). Using non-speech sounds in mobile computing devices. In C. Johnson (Ed.), First Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices (26-29)