Communications of the ACM
Suit Allows sers to Create Music Through Movement
Singer Imogen Heap developed the musical suit with a team of electronic, software, and sound engineers, a fashion designer, and an artist.
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Singer Imogen Heap performed at the recent TED Global 2012 conference in Edinburgh, Scotland wearing a musical suit, which gave her a greater opportunity to create and manipulate sound and control music through the movement of her body. The suit covered Heap's hands, arms, and upper torso, and included light-emitting diodes and haptic technology to provide feedback.
Heap was involved in the development of the musical suit, along with a team of electronic, software, and sound engineers, and a fashion designer and artist from Bristol University, the University of the West of England, and Queen Mary, University of London.
"[W]ith all the mapping and the toolbox you've got, you can be playing an instrument at the same time as coupling together many aspects of the production side of things and controlling it in real time," says Bristol researcher Seb Madgwick.
Microphones on the wrists capture sounds, and signals from sensors run through a central processor on the wearer's back that is wirelessly connected to a nearby computer. The computer uses music production software to convert movements into sounds in real time.
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