Re: [microsound] interactive environments

[joerg piringer <joerg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hello,
i did quite a lot research on this topic.
the cheapest way is to build your own sensor system.
there are a lot of embeded processors available that do
their job quite well.
for example:
http://www.oopic.com/
or
http://handyboard.com/
both can output midi-data.
the oopic is very cheap.

another cheap possibility is to buy a (used) cheap midi-keyboard
and remove the keys and use your sensors as switches instead.
i tried this and it works very well (but only for on/off signals).

a commercial solution is the cube-x:
http://www.infusionsystems.com/
not cheap a ready to use system that can be equipped with various
sensors also sold by infusionsystems.

there are various other systems like that. if you want to know something 
specific
you can write me a personal email.

there's also my master thesis about interfaces for electronic music. 
unfortunately
it is only in german:
http://joerg.piringer.net/research.htm

there's a software for pc called EyesWeb that can track movement of a 
camera image
and convert it to midi (and various different other ways of maniopulating 
acoustic and visual
data).

all the best
joerg

At 23:59 01.09.2002 +0200, you wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am researching into the same field. One of the main problems for me was 
> how to get control signals into the computer, at least after I switched to 
> Macintosh which lacks the simpler ports in favor for USB and Firewire. One 
> cheap solution is following:
>
> http://www.doepfer.de/ctm.htm


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