Since the body box (seemingly analog) is separate from the MIDI converter
(presumably A/D and conversion to MIDI), there is the possibility of using
a wireless system. Have you adapted the output of the body box for
transmission via a wireless microphone system?
Is the cable between the body box and the MIDI converter a parallel one or
are the channels digitized and multiplexed in the body box itself?
If the latter is the case, have you adapted the body box's output for
transmission via a wireless system (perhaps by FSK)?
>The output is standard MIDI. The program runs on windows, but to use it,
>you need a computer sound board with a MIDI input. Alternatively, you could
>run the output signal directly into your MIDI compatible device.
Or use it in an environment like Opcode's MAX (or even the MSP extensions
to MAX -- that's digital audio processing BTW).
http://www.opcode.com/products/max
>In this
>case, you can still set certain parameters with hardware controllers. (The
>software route has the advantage of allowing easy calibration of the muscle
>signals as well as control of range, sensitivity, channel and patch
>selection.)
I'm interested to know how you map the signals to MIDI controllers. When I
tested the WaveRider system, I found repeatability to be extremely low.
The output of the system was useful for toggling states or triggering
events rather than controlling any parameter with a range of discrete
values. Ed Severinghaus and Chris van Rallte have acknowledged the problem
with their BodySynth system (and have incorporated some neat features to
overcome it). Atau Tanaka appears to be using a similar approach with his
use of Biomuse, but I haven't talked to him about this.
http://www.sirius.com/~pamelaz/bodysynth.html
http://www.biocontrol.com/biomuse
http://zeep.com/sensorband
Regards, David
David Rodger: Audio Engineering; Pool Operations; Aquatics Training
EMAIL: auricle@alphalink.com.au WEB: www.alphalink.com.au/~auricle
RESEARCH -- Motion Capture in Music -- farben.latrobe.edu.au/motion/
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