The Who’s Pete Townshend, with the help of mathematician and composer Lawrence Ball and software engineer David Snowdon, has created a computer system called The Method which allows users to make unique pieces of music created by inputting personal information, sounds and a rhythm. Users will ’sit’ for the software in the same way a [...]

reacTIVision is an open source, cross-platform computer vision framework for fast and robust tracking of fiducial markers attached onto physical objects, as well as for multi-touch finger tracking. The Reactable applies reacTIVision to create an electro-acoustic computer music instrument with a tangible user interface.
Robert Moog played an early prototype of the Reactable at the NIME [...]

 

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Winter NAMM Show: Alesis introduced their MasterControl Audio Interface and Control Surface.
The MasterControl is a professional audio interface and recording control surface, providing up to 44.1 - 192 kHz recording capability directly to your computer via ultra-fast, low latency FireWire connectivity. The audio interface features 2 mic (XLR) inputs with Phantom Power and channel inserts, [...]

Tai-Chi (Tangible Acoustic Interfaces for Computer-Human Interaction), is a system developed by researchers from Switzerland, Italy, Germany, France and the UK that can turn just about anything into a control surface.
“We have made a system that can give any object, even a 3D one, a sense of touch,” says Ming Yang, an engineer at Cardiff [...]

Diana Young, right, a Ph.D. candidate in the Hyperinstruments Group of the MIT Media Lab has developed the Hyperbow, a new electronic sensing system to measure minute changes in the position, acceleration and strain of a violin bow.
The system can be used to evaluate different bowing techniques and may expand the expressive possibilities of the [...]

Scientists at Australia’s research agency, CSIRO, have created a t-shirt that could be the future of music - or just another way for music geeks to look silly.
Engineer Dr Richard Helmer and a team of researchers at CSIRO Textiles and Fibre Technology have created a wearable instrument shirt (WIS) that lets users play air guitar [...]

AES: Cycling ‘74 today demonstrated the recently released version 1.5 software for JazzMutant Lemur control surface. The update is available via download to all current Lemur customers. New software features in version 1.5 allow the Lemur to control many popular DAWs including Logic, Digital Performer, Live and Cubase.
JazzMutant Lemur is a hardware controller for new [...]

DSP Audio has introduced Nortron 1.0, a virtual version of the impossibly rare Latronic Nortron step sequencer.

Description:
A software sequencer inspired by classic hardware, Nortron goes further into new sequencing dimensions while retaining tight timing, quick navigation, and instrument like playability. Through IAC and CoreMIDI, Nortron controls Softsynths and standard MIDI devices. Nortron breathes new life [...]

Symbolic Sound has announced that Kyma X.1is now shipping. Kyma X.1 delivers support for using a Wacom pen and tablet as a 3 dimensional control surface, 3 new kinds of oscillators, modules for turning presets into a 3 dimensional parameter subspace, plus other enhancements and improvements to the Kyma X sound design software.
Using a Wacom [...]