gestural synthesis

Where do the names Drancing and Drancel come from?

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Dr Darren explains the history:

Many years ago, in about 1996, I began development of a sensor suit musical instrument using sensors for making music with your whole body, which I called "Drumming-by-Dancing", but that was too long, so I shortened it to Drancing.

As I moved away from the sensor suit format to more flexible wearable sensors and embedded electronics, I called each motion-controlled synthesis unit (or synthesis "atom") a Dr

The Drancel visuals synthesis system

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This zone is about applications of the Drancel body motion synthesis system to computer-generated visuals.

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For generation of light shows with the Drancel system "organically" without the use of computer-generated (digital) visuals please visit:

[ARCHIVAL] The Drancing accelerometer sensor suit "air instrument"

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The Drancing system was a sensor suit with embedded triaxial accelerometers developed by Dr Darren Kelly from 1996 to 2005 for creation of music and computer visuals using real-time synthesis of signals from dance movement and other body motion (gestures) and triggering of samples. The name Drancing originally meant "drumming-by-dancing".

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