Surveying digital musical instrument use in active practice

Digital musical instruments are frequently designed in research and experimental performance contexts but few are taken up into sustained use by active and professional musicians. To identify the needs of performers who use novel technologies in their practices, a survey of musicians was conducted that identified desirable qualities for instruments to be viable in active use, along with attributes for successful uptake and continued use of instruments based on frameworks of long and short term user engagement. The findings are presented as a set of design considerations towards the development of instruments intended for use by active and professional performers.

数字乐器常常是在研究和实验性表演环境中设计的，但很少被活跃的专业音乐家持续使用。为了确定在实践中使用新技术的表演者的需求，对音乐家进行了一项调查，该调查确定了乐器在实际使用中可行的理想特性，以及基于长期和短期用户参与框架的乐器成功采用和持续使用的属性。研究结果作为一组针对活跃和专业表演者使用的乐器开发的设计考虑因素呈现出来。