A few years ago, Rathumous (a DJ in cleveland) and I built a little device that could measure capacitance, and translate it into 'clicks' to drive an old CV-style synth.
We used it by attaching electrodes to food stuffs. Eating or deforming the food would change it's electrical properties and make the tones change. :) Bob -----Original Message----- From: Eric Scuccimarra [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 3:40 PM To: James Bucknell; Giles Dickerson Cc: 313@hyperreal.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [313] Biofeedback replacing DJs / Neil Stephenson's Ideas I read an article about BT where he said he had a bio-feedback mechanism and he WANTED to eventually use it as some sort of synth or sequencer controller or something. I don't think he uses it yet other than maybe to see what brainstate he gets into when he's spinning or making music or something. At 03:24 PM 11/15/2001 -0500, James Bucknell wrote: >stellac (sp?) an australian based performance artist in the 80s used >biofeedback. he would place electrodes on himself that would generate >music on a >computer. it would also feed electrical impulses to his muscles causing >muscular >spasms that would make him more twitchy than the crack heads of yesteryear >selling bike seats on avenue a. sort of a bio feedback loop. i saw him at the >art gallery of nsw in maybe 1987. > >some trance djs were telling me that bt uses some type of biofeedback >mechanism >in his live performances. don't know any of the details. probably the more he >farts the more epic the breakdown. >james >www.jbucknell.com > > > > >"Giles Dickerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 11/15/2001 01:25:36 PM > >To: 313@hyperreal.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >cc: (bcc: James Bucknell/Magazines/Hearst) >Subject: [313] Biofeedback replacing DJs / Neil Stephenson's Ideas > > > > >If you're interested in this concept (whiuch is entirely not happening >yet ofcourse) I reccfomend you all read a fantastically entertaining >book called "The Diamond Age" by Neil Stephenson. He is the author of >snowcrash, a book that to me embodies the exact type of visual >experience that electronic music brtings to my senses. > >- Giles > >D I G I T A S // B O S T O N >-- >Giles Dickerson >Art Director >800 Boylston Street >Boston, MA >02199 >-- >mobile 617 899 9635 >office 617 369 8601 > >''Taking no risk is to accept > the certainty of long-term failure." > > > ---------- > > From: Brendan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 12:40 PM > > To: '313@hyperreal.org' > > Subject: [313] Biofeedback replacing DJs? > > > > http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991563 > > > > "A computerised DJ that uses feedback from the dancers to generate new > > music > > has been developed by artificial intelligence experts at > > Hewlett-Packard, > > meaning clubbers may soon only have themselves to blame if they do not > > like > > the music they are dancing to..." > > > > I don't think it'll take off myself... > > > > Brendan > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
