Sonictroller

The Sonictroller was originally conceived as a means of introducing competition into an improvisatory musical performance. By reverse-engineering a popular video game console, we were able to map sound information (volume, pitch, and pitch sequences) to any continuous or momentary action of a video game sprite. Keywords video game, Nintendo, music, sound, controller, Mortal Kombat, trumpet, guitar, voice

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: NIME
• Authors: David Hindman, Spencer Kiser
• Keywords: Improvisatory Musical Performance, Music, NIME 2005, Video Game, Video Game Console