- Invention, reliable and efficient touchless gestural musical interface - | ||
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First real
laser-based MIDI Controller and Musical Instrument Beambow is a "codename" of an invention, a novel way of using laser beams as an interface for musical expression, beyond piano keys, push-buttons, drum pads and even knobs. Beambow is not another assembly of known sensors presented as revolutionary, nor a simplistic on/off Laser Harp. A unique patented technology: Two or three laser beams are used to create a virtual line in the space, when this line is cut for example with a stick, the direction, the speed and the crossing position are determined in real time (0.1ms). The useful length can range from a few centimeters to several meters. This new way of capturing the gesture can be the basis of a new generation of controllers or musical instruments. That's why Beambow deserves to be called Revolutionary. The system is strictly digital, a determined movement always produces the same effect, it is absolutely not an analog proximity sensor. |
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For example, in musical instrument mapping mode:
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" I Love This Instrument! " - Roy "Futureman" Wooten. Here is a video clip of his very first try. |
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Beambow
and EDM DJ : If
the velocity is not used for example to trigger samples, the
size and the position of passage of the object determine the
MIDI Event. Here with one finger, the flat of the hand and a 5mm
baton.
Beambow
MIDI CC , Crossing position and Velocity. Demo Ableton
Live EQ Filters
Two
tracks Crossfade with Ableton EQ
Reliable and Efficient: Blocking the laser beams produces nothing, this gesture is invalid unlike Laser Harp devices. Any accidental misalignment of the laser beams with the optical sensor is of no consequence, just by correctly repositioning the sensor one can resume playing.
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Patent: CFJconcept |