Comments on: The Brain Orchestra http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/05/05/the-brain-orchestra/ Synthesizer and electronic music news, synth and music software reviews and more! Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:34:54 -0500 hourly 1 By: Dave Soldier http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/05/05/the-brain-orchestra/#comment-136240 Dave Soldier Fri, 08 May 2009 14:14:39 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=14002#comment-136240 your magazine may be interested in our Brain wave music project, similar in some ways, quite different in others: we are trying to both make good music - not easy, I like to say using EEGs to trigger music is like playing the piano with boxing gloves - and a didactic function to teach about brain function: see my website and particularly a TV show on WHYY at <a href="http://whyy.org/cms/news/health-science/2009/03/20/brain-beats-a-performance-and-science-discussion/3853" target="_blank">http://whyy.org/cms/news/health-science/2009/03/2...</a> your magazine may be interested in our Brain wave music project, similar in some ways, quite different in others: we are trying to both make good music – not easy, I like to say using EEGs to trigger music is like playing the piano with boxing gloves – and a didactic function to teach about brain function: see my website and particularly a TV show on WHYY at
http://whyy.org/cms/news/health-science/2009/03/2...

]]> By: mrhappy http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/05/05/the-brain-orchestra/#comment-136187 mrhappy Wed, 06 May 2009 19:31:16 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=14002#comment-136187 this is REALLY old news - medical researcher bob isenhart at uc irvine (dept of psychiatry) did this almost 30 years ago on a pdp-11/34 - first recording uci math professor bruce bennett playing his sax, then digitizing the sounds, then hooking up bruce by eeg and having his brainwaves play back the digitized recordings of his sax sounded about as good back then as it does here (ie., not very) this is REALLY old news – medical researcher bob isenhart at uc irvine (dept of psychiatry) did this almost 30 years ago on a pdp-11/34 – first recording uci math professor bruce bennett playing his sax, then digitizing the sounds, then hooking up bruce by eeg and having his brainwaves play back the digitized recordings of his sax

sounded about as good back then as it does here (ie., not very)

]]> By: korgi http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/05/05/the-brain-orchestra/#comment-136162 korgi Tue, 05 May 2009 19:55:39 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=14002#comment-136162 This is very cool as technology - but the "players" look like tools! And it's boring to watch, too! This is very cool as technology – but the "players" look like tools!

And it's boring to watch, too!

]]> By: ghost http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/05/05/the-brain-orchestra/#comment-136155 ghost Tue, 05 May 2009 17:13:38 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=14002#comment-136155 wow..... i cant believe their doing this earlier this year i actually was talking about this sorta or i mentioned seeing this pic online of somone guy wearing one these cap and photoshoped a synth in the background making it seemed it was hooked up to him and i was talking about how crazy it would be if they actually did or where able to do it a certain extent and of course they were just lik naw it wont happen anytime soon now look hahah i cant wait to see where this goes wow….. i cant believe their doing this earlier this year i actually was talking about this sorta or i mentioned seeing this pic online of somone guy wearing one these cap and photoshoped a synth in the background making it seemed it was hooked up to him and i was talking about how crazy it would be if they actually did or where able to do it a certain extent and of course they were just lik naw it wont happen anytime soon now look hahah i cant wait to see where this goes

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