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++ Three Pieces by Simon Kirby was built with Arduino and will be exhibited at Palm House of the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh. Check out the movie!
it’s our attempt to create an interactive musical installation that is in keeping with the natural environment of the beautifully restored Victorian Palm House. Ratherthan use computers and a PA, we decided to try and build something completely acoustic. In the end, we’ve got a traditional Chinese dulcimer and 12 chimes spread throughout the plants and foliage of the Palm House. The instruments are played robotically, controlled by two Arduinos. Motion detectors and a soil sensor allow us to react to people in the space and to the state of the plants to remix the music we’ve composed especially for the installation. The result is a strange combination of traditional and modern, organic and electronic, nature and artifice. Despite being composed in advance, the music will never be exactly the same twice, in part because it will change in response to the environment and audience, and also because the robots are a combination of accurately machined parts (e.g. mechanical solenoids) and natural materials (e.g. bamboo canes).
Researchers at Goldsmiths, University of London have developed technology to translate thoughts into musical notes.
The Brain Computer Interface for Music requires electrodes to be attached to the head.
They pick up electrical impulses from the brain which are passed through an electroencephalography (EEG) machine and analysed.
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