Some Interesting Uses of MIDI
- MIDI Control Surface
- Motion Capture MIDI Controller
- Sofa as MIDI Controller
- Peter Jackson's $100,000 Ragtime MIDI Band
- MIDI Sequencing with Hamster Control
- MIDI Gamma Ray Spectrometer
- MIDI Van de Graaff Generator
- MIDI-Driven Animation
- MIDI Ladder
If you have an interesting and unique us of MIDI, please tell us about it!
| MIDI Control Surface Source: Faderfox |
| Faderfox "micromodul" controllers are small enough to fit over the QWERTY keyboard on a laptop or to be propped atop a music keyboard, and are specially designed for applications like Ableton Live and Traktor DJ. With multi-function triggers, joysticks, and cross-faders on top of the usual buttons and faders, they'd appear to cover all you need to do. |
| Motion Capture MIDI Controller Source: www.sonalog.com |
| The GypsyMIDI is a unique performance instrument for motion-capture midi control... The suit is modeled on the human skeletal form using rotational sensors placed on the joints. The GypsyMIDI simply plugs into a MIDI interface and arm movements are converted into a real-time stream of MIDI data. The mapping interface eXo-software allows the user to define how the movements are translated into MIDI control, including the ability to trigger notes, generate continuous control commands or even play scales. |
| Sofa as MIDI controller Source: Music Thing Blog Spot |
| A German designer calling himself Seppoman has built a MIDI control system into a sofa. If two people are sitting down, they can output three control values each - left and right buttock weight and how far the person is leaning back. |
| Peter Jackson's $100,000 Ragtime
MIDI Band Source: Music Thing Blog Spot |
| The $99,975 LB-BGJ from Ragtime Automated Music is a cabinet containing a robotically controlled acoustic band. A touch-screen interface controls the whole works, sending MIDI signals to the mechanical elements that play the full drum kit, piano, accordion, guitar, banjo, electric bass, and 24 organ pipes. |
| MIDI Sequencing with Hamster Control Source: Cornell University |
| This project was initially fueled by the desire to explore the MIDI protocol. It was decided that this would be accomplished by building a MIDI device. An intelligent MIDI sequencer was designed with hamster control. The MIDI sequencer intelligently produced melodies by manipulating the musical elements of rhythm and note-choice. Guided by inputs based on hamster movements, |
| MIDI Gamma Ray Spectrometer Source: www.kosmophone.com |
| The Kosmophone is a gamma-ray spectrometer operating in the range of about 3 to 7 million electron-volts (MeV) controlling a MIDI music synthesizer. This octave of the electromagnetic spectrum, about a million times higher frequency than the octave our eyes respond to, contains very little energy that originates in our solar system. Almost all of the energy in this band is a result of unbelievably energetic radiation coming from the far reaches of the universe, 'Cosmic Rays'. |
| MIDI Van de Graaff Generator Source: www.boston.com |
| The towering Van de Graaff electric generator in the Theatre of Electricity of the Museum of Science throws off some serious sparks -- about 1.5 million volts' worth, we're told. Little did we know that it also can be manipulated to make music. In ''Zap!," composer Christine Southworth and robotics engineer Leila Hasan, alumnae of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, use the Van de Graaff to add sparks and static to an hourlong concert with eight other musicians. Southworth composed the music; Hasan controls the generator with a laser-theremin MIDI controller. Laurie Anderson would be so proud. At 6:30 p.m. Tickets $14; includes museum admission. Science Park, Boston, 617-723-2500. |
| MIDI-Driven Animation Source: www.animusic.com |
| Animusic produces innovative music animation by leveraging MIDI data in creating "virtual concerts". The animation of graphical instrument elements is generated using proprietary software called MIDImotionTM. The technique is analytical, note-based, and involves a pre-process (as opposed to being reactive, sound-based, and real-time). |
| MIDI Ladder Source: www.tonleiter.com |
| The ToneLadder. If a household ladder is extended with a melodic function, it will develop into a real musical instrument. The ordinary ladder transforms into a soundladder. Stepping on a bar of the ladder creates a sound or tone which is different from rung to rung. So you can create a piece of music by stepping up and down on the ladder. Together with a partner you can even play a duet. |