Cubing Sound User Study

Questionnaire

1. Feature controllability and Usability:

• I feel in control of the instrument.
• I can play precisely on the instrument.
• The instrument does what I want it to do.
• I can control the sound appropriately.
• I found the instrument was easy to use.
• I found the instrument responds well to my actions.

2. Learnability:

• It didn’t took me much efforts to complete the task.

• It didn’t took me much efforts to learn how to complete the task.

• I found easy to replicate simple musical gestures while prompting the task.

• This instrument allows me to learn new things.

3. Explorability:

• To play a same note, chord, patterns or musical phrases, I found I could use different hand gestures.

• During these tasks, I can continually discover new things by using this instrument.

• Overall, I found different opportunities of using hand gestures to play different musical patterns.

4. Enjoyment:

• I enjoyed myself during the experience of using hand gestures to engage with this new musical interface.

• I enjoyed the overall experience of interacting with this new musical interface.

• The instrument please me sound-wise.

• I found the instrument aesthetically pleasing.

Interview Questions

1. How was your overall experience?

2. How do you feel about using hand gestures to play music through this interface? a. interaction-wise b. sound-wise c. any other perspectives as a novel digital musical instrument

3. What impresses you the most?

4. Any downsides/suggestions regarding the design of this new musical interface for music creativity?