[LAU] iPad and Linux audio

[Renato]

On Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:59:12 +0000
James Morris <jwm.art.net at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 6 February 2012 23:21, Paul Davis <paul at linuxaudiosystems.com>
> wrote:
> > this is what *CANNOT* be done sensibly on android:
> >
> > TC-11: http://www.bitshapesoftware.com/instruments/tc-11/
> > Orphion: http://vimeo.com/35131490
> >
> > watch them both, and prepare to weep. Orphion doesn't have the most
> > interesting synthesis, alas.
> 
> huh touch technology so yesterday. bio-sensing wearable tech, that's
> the future :-P
> 
> http://vimeo.com/20889787
> 

wow, this looks very interesting. 

I'd like to understand how the sensors work, but his site doesn't seem
to go much in depth on this... it says the sensors register the sounds
of the undercutaneous muscles. But are those even in the audio
frequency realm? And how would you capture them, with a piezo contact
mic?

renato