Intelligent Agents and Networked Buttons Improve Free-Improvised Ensemble Music-Making on ...
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Two controlled studies test a networked touchscreen system (the phase rings app) plus a server-side ensemble director agent across 16 participants (four quartets) in a 2x2 design (agent ON/OFF × GUI button ON/OFF). GUI button presence raises nine questionnaire items (technical, creativity, quality); agent presence lengthens performances significantly (p < 0.001). Unexpectedly one user made 457 presses while median is 3.5, producing a button maniac effect that dominated ensembles. A follow-up mixed-initiative fade interface (agent enables a transient button) with eight experienced performers improves six survey items, though groups split preference between interfaces.
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chapters (19)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:24Project Overview
- 1:25Phase Rings
- 2:02Demo
- 2:48Ensemble Director Agents
- 3:23Research Question
- 4:33Methodology
- 5:18Two Factors
- 6:25Experimental Conditions
- 10:02Results
- 11:22Performance Length
- 11:49Performance Duration
- 12:29Button Usage
- 13:24Button Maniac
- 14:04New Interface
- 15:05How it Works
- 15:49FollowUp Study
- 16:34FollowUp Results
- 17:29Conclusion
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