Tom Prescott
School of Humanities
Making music with our hands
Modern sound synthesis and processing techniques allow for the creation of a vast
range of diverse musical material. However, due to the complexity of the software,
their full potential often remains unexplored. Also, these systems can be very difficult
to use and are not easily accessible to beginners. The MAES+IGA software aims to
overcome these issues by allowing a user to create and perform music with the use
of hand gestures .The movements of the performer are, with the aid of an artificial
intelligence, mapped onto sound synthesis and processing techniques to allow for
the creation of gestures with a clear connection between the movements of the
performer and the sonic result.
Postgraduate Conference 2016
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