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09 Dec, 2008

Biomuse – Getting it……

Posted by: sctv In: art|conference

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The biomuse is an instrument that takes muscle nerve impulses and digitises them. Originally a wired system, it now wireless over bluetooth and using some differential sensors from http://infusionsystems.com/

As an instrument, Atau finds the biomuse satisfying, he was interested in living with a novel technological instrument over an extended time.

At the mapping session at the Steim Microjamboree. Have seen Atau‘s performance a number of times, it is only in the last few days that I have heard how it is being developed, and understood why it is important.

What I find fascinating is that he is playing a novel instrument that he has worked with for over ten years and now it gets a number of extra parameters, through the accelerometer and mode changes through a number of buttons. This allows a more hands off way of interacting with the software patch.

Another blog by Kristina Andersen on this at the official STEIM blog here

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