Audiovisual performance made with an EEG and Processing.
The raw data of a Neurosky Mindwave EEG is used here to play generative music.
Incoming raw data from the EEG is divided into 512 samples covering brain waves from 1 to 50Hz.
These 512 samples trigger piano notes when their values are beyond the decided limit.
As the performer enters into meditation, his brain waves cool down and thereby, he's able to increase their amplification.
The musical score and its rhythm are certainly depending on his mood and on the environment, but the performer's real challenge is to focus his mind entirely on the registered sounds, in order to enter into a closed musical loop where his brain waves - translated into sound waves - become the reflection of the registered notes and so on.
The raw data of a Neurosky Mindwave EEG is used here to play generative music.
Incoming raw data from the EEG is divided into 512 samples covering brain waves from 1 to 50Hz.
These 512 samples trigger piano notes when their values are beyond the decided limit.
As the performer enters into meditation, his brain waves cool down and thereby, he's able to increase their amplification.
The musical score and its rhythm are certainly depending on his mood and on the environment, but the performer's real challenge is to focus his mind entirely on the registered sounds, in order to enter into a closed musical loop where his brain waves - translated into sound waves - become the reflection of the registered notes and so on.
