A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO MUSICAL VIBROTACTILE FEEDBACK

Abstract

This paper presents a new approach to the integration of vibrotactile feedback into digital musical instruments. A design strategy for musical vibrotactile systems is developed based on stimulator properties and neurophysiological studies of vibrotactile perception. A software vibration synthesizer driven by perceptual sound features extracted from audio feedback has been created based on these concepts. This framework will help to simplify integration of vibrotactile feedback into instrument designs by defining high-order tactile invariants, avoiding the need to explicitly specify low-level vibration stimulus parameters.