This is a brilliant study looking at how different kinds of interfaces and mapping complexity effects one's ability to perform musical tasks of varying complexity. The paper goes in depth on a number of principals and presents test results in detailed graphical form, eventually concluding that:
1. Real-time control can be enhanced by the multiparametric interface
2. Mappings that are not one-to-one are more engaging for users
3. Complex tasks may need complex interfaces
4. The "mouse interface" is good for simple tests and for little practice time
5. Some people prefer to think in terms of separate parameters
Importantly the tests carried out in this paper attempting to take into account learning time for a user. Results were taken from practice sessions across different ranges of time from short (3 sessions) to longer term (9 sessions). Interesting to note however that I have not found a study yet that looks at the effects of learning across time periods that are closer to those required to develop even a basic proficiency at a given acoustic instrument (ie perhaps 1-2 years)
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