Dan Lloyd, Brownell Professor of Philosophy at Trinity College, is using fMRI data from scans of the brain to synthesize “music”, and has found that different brains make very different melodies. Lloyd created software which translates data from a brain scan to Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) data. This lets him use the information to… Read More Researcher Making Music From Brain Waves
via the BBC: The Multimodal Brain Orchestra performed its world premiere on Thursday. Led by an “emotional conductor” and a traditional one, music and video change in time with the performers’ brain waves and heart rate. According to the work’s producer, the orchestra aims to “see what the brain can do without the body”. The… Read More The Brain Orchestra
In this video, Okudaira-san from MI7 Japan, is using a brainwave analyzer from IBVA to get signals from his brain into the computer, which control the red, green and blue color channels of a Percussa AudioCube. Percussa’s Bert Schiettecatte is looking for cool AudioCubes demos, so if you’re using them in a unique way, let… Read More Brainwave Synthesis With Percussa AudioCubes
We’ve talked about brain music before – everything from brain music therapy to binaural brain beat synthesizers to hardcore brain-controlled synth action to bogus stories about dudes controlling synths with mind bullets. It’s hard to believe, but it looks like there may be a commercial future for brain music medicine. According to a Fox News… Read More Using Brain Music To Fight Migraine Headaches
Got a brain? Then you can make music! At the UK Aldeburgh Festival, set for June 13-29, Norwegian composer Rolf Wallin is going to be demonstrating the latest brain music action. This isn’t like controlling modular synthesizers with mind bullets, though. According to the Telegraph, you simply “let a skilled assistant fasten electrodes to your… Read More Brain Music Update
Gnaural is a multi-platform programmable binaural-beat generator, implementing the principle of binaural beats as described in the October 1973 Scientific American article Auditory Beats in the Brain (Gerald Oster). It can be used to synthesize sounds that affect the brain. Here’s a demo. It should be listened to using headphones: [display_podcast] The central theme of… Read More Mac Developer Needed For Binaural Beat Brain Synth Port
Here’s the weirdest thing you’re likely to see today – Sleep Waking – a robot that does interpretive dancing based on your brainwaves. Here’s what creator Fernando Orellana has to say about the project: In the next thirty years we will see more robotic technology integrated into our society, furthering our experience of reality through… Read More Robots Do Interpretive Dance Based On Your Brainwaves
Mick Grierson offers this video of his brain-controlled music interface in action: “This video shows me demoing my initial Brain Computer Music Interface. There are many ways that I can improve this system (it’s still a bit slow at the moment), but I think it demonstrates the potential of the idea well enough. This video… Read More Brain-Controlled Synthesis
The Houston Chronicle has an interesting article that looks at Brain Music Therapy, the medical practice of using brain waves to generate music to help people relax. “Your brain is actually listening to the best of itself,” said William Wade, a psychotherapist who offers Brain Music Therapy at his practice, the Institute for Family Psychology,… Read More Is Brain Music Snake Oil?
Krischall demonstrates how to use brain power to control a modular synthesizer. By connecting a biofeedback helmet to a 1970s E-mu Matrix synth, the device is able to generate sounds just by thinking about them. Actually – although this looks well within the realm of possibility – Krischall’s mind bullet experiment owes more to Photoshop… Read More Dude Controls Modular Synthesizer With Mind Bullets
