(sorry for x-post)
Dears,
I wished so much I could have joined you at Stanford this year... :(
but....!
The Xth Sense (software and hardware) is finally available on-line, get binaries, DIY documentation, and tutorials at:
http://res.marcodonnarumma.com/projects/xth-sense/
The digital interface is developed in Pd on a Linux machine; there's a main software for
the computation of incoming muscle sound (and virtually any sound
input), and the xth-sense-lib, a collection of 120 objects (and help files) ranging from
specific muscle sound methods, to everyday Pd patching needs. It also
includes a lot of GUI stuff, to facilitate building things.
Wanna the source? Here you go: https://github.com/marcodsad
What is the Xth Sense?
"is a biophysical musical instrument. You can build your own and produce music with it using the sound of your muscles.
It is free and open source, and it was named the “world’s most
innovative new musical instrument” by the Georgia Tech Center for Music
Technology (US, 2012). Its name is spelled ecsth sense (not tenth
sense!). But it’s way easier to call XS."
With the XS you can
also control other software on your machine (video, audio, light
systems, etc.), send Voltage output to hardware, or control a prosthetic
arm.
Hacks are encouraged by the design of the instrument itself. For some ideas see:
http://res.marcodonnarumma.com/projects/xth-sense/#get-started
We have a (newly born) user's forum, courtesy of Create Digital Music/Motion; the forum lives at:
http://createdigitalnoise.com/categories/xth
We are on also on Facebook (imagine!):
http://www.facebook.com/XthSense
if anybody works with it, let me know!
We
have users and works in Australia, Sweden, US, UK, Ireland, Spain,
Vietnam, Germany, Russia, Netherlands, and Italy, so far :)
hope it is useful to some of you,
cheers,
--
Marco Donnarumma
New Media + Sonic Arts Practitioner, Performer, Teacher, Director.
Embodied Audio-Visual Interaction Research Team.
Department of Computing, Goldsmiths University of London
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