An article of mine (in Turkish language) titled “Sesin Özgürleşmesi: Müzik Prodüksiyonu Teknolojileri” (Liberation of Sound: Music Production Technologies) is published in the January 2013 edition of Birikim Magazine. Birikim is a highly recognized, monthly socialist culture magazine in Turkey.

I will be volunteer and hacker in the Barcelona Music Hack Day, which will be organized in 14-15th June 2012, as an event of the SonarPro within the Sónar 2012. You can follow @musichackday or @sertansenturk on Twitter to get live updates of Music Hack Day and Sonar 2012 festival.

Music Hack Day is a hacking session in which participants will conceptualize, create and present their projects. Music + software + mobile + hardware + art + the web: Anything goes as long as it’s music related. Sonar is the world famous festival of advanced music and multimedia art that takes place Barcelona in every June.

The conference paper titled “Crossole: A Gestural Interface for Composition, Improvisation and Performance using Kinect” will be presented in NIME 2012, Ann Harbor, MI. You can also read the poster here. The International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) is an annual interdisciplinary conference discussing contemporary topics in electronic musical interface design, research and practice.

Meaning crossword of music, Crossole is a musical instrument where music is visualized as a set of virtual blocks that resemble a crossword puzzle. The performer controls music by manipulating the crossword blocks using hand movements. You can read more about the instrument here. Yo can also watch a performance of Crossole below:

A paper about Crossole, a virtual instrument developed by Sang Won Lee, Avinash Sastry, Anosh Daruwalla and myself have been accepted to NIME 2012. The conference will be held in University of Michigan between 21 and 23 May.

Meaning crossword of music, Crossole is a musical instrument where music is visualized as a set of virtual blocks that resemble a crossword puzzle. The performer controls music by manipulating the crossword blocks using hand movements. You can read more about the instrument here. Yo can also watch a performance of Crossole below:

Crossole, a virtual instrument developed by Sang Won Lee, Avinash Sastry, Anosh Daruwalla and myself have qualified to the final round of the Innovation Competition in the GTRIC conference. The finals will be held in Georgia Tech in February 6th.

Meaning crossword of music, Crossole is a musical instrument where music is visualized as a set of virtual blocks that resemble a crossword puzzle. The performer controls music by manipulating the crossword blocks using hand movements. You can read more about the instrument here.

In this Saturday, September 10th, Crossole, a virtual instrument developed by Sang Won Lee, Avinash Sastry, Anosh Daruwalla and myself will be showcased in Atlanta Maker Faire. Avinash Sastry will write the music, and perform the instrument.

Meaning crossword of music, Crossole is a musical instrument where music is visualized as a set of virtual blocks that resemble a crossword puzzle. The performer controls music by manipulating the crossword blocks using hand movements. You can read more about the instrument here.

On this Saturday, April 30th, Crossole, a virtual instrument developed by Anosh Daruwalla, Sang Won Lee, Avinash Sastry and myself will be showcased in Listening Machines 2011. The concert takes place between 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm at Stubbins Gallery at Georgia Tech, East Architecture Building. You can get the directions from here. The admission for the concert is free.

Meaning crossword of music, Crossole is a musical instrument where music is visualized as a set of virtual blocks that resemble a crossword puzzle. The performer controls music by manipulating the crossword blocks using hand movements and foot stomps.

Listening Machines is Georgia Tech’s annual concert produced and performed by students in Georgia Tech’s Master of Music Technology Program. Everybody is invited to share this marvelous concert experience with us.