View source for 250A FirstIdeas 2013

==Parameters of Musical Instrument/Controller Design==

Teaches you something

Jammability/Plays well with others

Coolness for Musician/Garners Attention

Sense of Humor/Surprise

Dance while playing

unique sound

does something the human body can't do

souvenier

awareness augmentuation

Ritual

Ritual/Play

Community

Learnability/Hope

Looks - allignment with purpose

Appropriate resonator

Tactile feel and quality

Tactile feedback for precision

Gesture influenced timbre and dynamics

Precision of notes

Extendability and flexibility

Durability

Ease of Use

Fun 

Availability

Context in Daily Life

Rock and Roll

Expressivity

Sense of Wonder

Pressure Sensitivity

Dynamic Range

Musical Range

Good Sensors

	Value

	Robustness

	Control

Affordability

Portability

Modularity

Personalization




==Danger Zones ==

Technology Failure

Moving parts

Temperature/light humidity, noise, electronic field instability

Long metal or long cables

Physics

Feature Creep

One-off parts

Overextension of:

	computer power

	time

	$

	skills


==Minimum Viable Product

	Need

	Want 

	Nice to have

==Alon Devorah==
==Andrew Forsyth==

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==Brandon Cheung==

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==Brie Bunge==

==Cooper Newby==

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==Dan Somen==

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==David Bordow==

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==David Grunzweig==

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==Elliot Kermit-Canfield==

==Emily Graber==

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==Erich Peske==

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==Gabriele Carotti-Sha==


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==Gina Collecchia==

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==Justin Li==

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==Kevin McElroy==

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==Kunal Datta==

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==Micah Arvey==


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==Michael Mendoza==

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==Pablo Castellanos Macin==

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==Robert Shin==

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==Sophia Westwood==

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==Zach Saraf==

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