Community-Based Design: The Democratization of Musical Interface Construction.

The advent of on-line communities has democratized the process of musical interface design and allowed users to directly participate in the future development of the devices they use. On-line communities, acting as centralized repositories for information pertaining to the development of an interfac...

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Publicado en:Leonardo Music Journal Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 29 - 35
Autores principales: Vallis, Owen, Kapur, Ajay
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: MIT Press Dec2011
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Sumario:The advent of on-line communities has democratized the process of musical interface design and allowed users to directly participate in the future development of the devices they use. On-line communities, acting as centralized repositories for information pertaining to the development of an interface, allow users to discuss their experiences and ideas as well as providing a framework for managing information pertaining to an interface. This centralized access to information regarding the design, use and development of an interface both focuses and accelerates the developmental process.