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Drancing gestural synthesis accelerometer music zone "air instrument"
Drancing is Dr Darren Kelly's gestural synthesis accelerometer music system (an "air instrument") employing
3D-accelerometers (vector acceleration transducers) to synthesise music, visuals, and
computer controls from human gestures, dance, and movement. The name Drancing is derived
from Drumming-by-Dancing ("air drums" mode) which is just one of its many applications.
It can also be used as an "air guitar" or "air piano", and to make sounds never heard or named before.
It has many possible applications to movement therapy, sports science, and human computer interaction
("air typing"). There is an older 5-sensor "body star" sensor suit version (pictured below), as well as a new wireless version for the Wiimote.
Drancing News
2008-07-10:
Movies of synthesis of audio and video from signals from accelerometers of
wireless "Wiimotes" by the Drancing accelerometer music system are now available online.
Synthesis was performed in a PureData rapid prototype of DranceWare for Mac OS-X.
You can download and try an UNSUPPORTED prototype for Mac OS-X.
2006-11-20:
MPEG videos of 5-accelerometer "star configuration" Drancing
suit performance modes available online (lo-res video from 2002).
2006-09-07:
Amazing new GIF animations of a
Drancel-RGB light shows (extracted from video) !
2006-08-21:
Fabulous new snapshots of
Drancel-RGB visuals !
2005-09-22:
New UML2.0TM Composite Structure Diagrams of the data acquisition components
and JSyn synthesis networks of DranceWare, with MagicDraw UMLTM. This is port-based system engineering for UML2.0TM and JavaTM !
2005-09-13:
New UML diagrams and colourful screenshots of visual monitor applications for 3D-accelerometer signals !
2005-04-28:
I have decided to publish as many details of my gestural synthesis developments as possible !
2005-04-07:
I am developing a mobile, self-contained,
mini-version of Drancing called a Drancel
that can easily be worn on the wrists, ankles, or elsewhere.
Soon the whole world will be able make body music and light shows anywhere, anytime,
just by dancing, jogging, cycling, or waving (or even clapping with one hand) ! Stay tuned ...
2003-03-04:
Read this article on
Drancing past the keyboard by Tessa Denton, published in The Australian newspaper.
A brief history of Drancing gestural synthesis accelerometer music
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