NIME
Articles about NIME:
Two clips from performances at Cal Arts demonstrate using the MLGI (Multi-Laser Gestural Interface) in musical performances.
via deadwaiter:
The first clip is of myself and Curtis Bahn, Professor of Computer Music Composition/Performance at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Curtis is using his eSitar and laptop running Max/MSP. I am using the MLGI and laptop running ChucK and Reaktor.
The piece is an improvisation inspired by the recent tragedy that took place at the Taj Mahal in Bombay, India.
The second clip was taken from the MTIID Musical Robotics concert. I am using the MLGI again with ChucK and Reaktor, but also using it to control our newly designed musical robot, as well as Ajay Kapur’s MahaDeviBot (unfortunately off camera in the clip).
In this NIME (New Interfaces for Musical Expression) peformance in 2008, Tom Gerhardt makes music from spinning plates.
Here’s how the piece works:
On the bottom of each plate there is a small white plastic disc glued to the center. On the disc there is a grove in the center, one magnet strategically placed, and five sections that can be colored black or left white. The magnet is used in conjunction with a reed switch to track rotational frequency, and the black and white sections are used as a binary rotary encoded via a black/white sensor.
With the combination of the B/W sensor and the reed switch, I am able to get accurate IDs (5 digit byte) and rotational speed serially out of an Arduino. That data is sent to the computer and fed into PD where it controls playback speed of a granulated loop.
