[sdiy] Control Interfaces (was Wakeman)

[jbv]

Rainer Buchty ;

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> Let's take four pressure-sensitive touch pads -- assuming that your body
> control is good enough that you can use your feet for controlling two of
> them -- and a breath controller; gives you four 3dim controllers plus
> whatever you will measure through the breath controller (breath
> speed/pressure, breath rhythm) or at least 7 individual controllers.
>
> This brings you already pretty much into fields which some old Yogi
> masters might be able to cope with but probably not the live musician
> (who may want to keep at least the hands for actually playing the
> instrument of choice anyway).
>
> Rainer

Does anyone remember those captors of muscles electrical activity
changed into ctrl MIDI events from the early 90's ?
I remember a japanese guy at IRCAM using them to drive Max on
an ISPW card : he (and a couple of other performers) used to mimic
the use of violins etc, and would generate sounds by simply moving
their arms...

JB