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Audiopad Music Composition Interface
posted by Editor on Tuesday June 24, @03:24PM
Gesture Interfaces Ivar Vasara writes "Audiopad is a musical intrument which uses electromagnetic tracking and video projection to create a compelling UI. You can watch a demonstration video in Quicktime or Windows Media" The system provides a composition and performance instrument for electronic music that tracks the positions of objects on a tabletop surface and converts their motion into music. Users can pull sounds from a set of samples, juxtapose archived recordings against warm synthetic melodies, cut between drum loops to create new beats, and apply digital processing all at the same time on the same table. It uses a matrix of antenna elements to track the positions of electronically tagged objects on a tabletop surface, whereby each object represents either a musical track or a microphone. Software translates the position information into music and graphical feedback on the tabletop (see picture).

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    Recording your voice (Score:2)
    by Greg Weiss on Wednesday June 25, @05:40AM EST (#1)
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    For those of you more interested in the composition angle than the innovative-UI angle, last week I ran across a shareware tool that transcribes your voice into sheet music (pitch and rythm, not words). It was so-so, but I sort of marveled that it could be done at all, particularly in a low-priced package. The GUI showed the relative pitch of your voice (with variations for vibrato) in real time on a an axis that also lined up with a piano keyboard. See Music Masterworks for more info.

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