Music of the Future

In Switzerland, a team of scientists and artists are working together on new technology that can transform almost any surface into a musical instrument. The technology is called MUTE, short for Multi- Touch Everywhere. Using MUTE, a person can use a computer to translate taps on different parts of a table or a wall as different sounds.

For example, you may record and save different sounds on a computer anything from a snare drum or trumpet to clapping hands or a sneeze. Then, you program your computer to play one of these recorded sounds whenever you tap a certain spot on a table top or wall. The left side of a table might play snare drum beats, the right side a melody on a trumpet. If you tap the two sides at the same time, you’ll hear both sounds come together as a song. The system uses a camera and lasers to see where you’ve tapped on the table.

This works with motion sensitive lasers and cameras focused on different parts of the table, wall or even in the air so that when the laser is broken the message goes into the computer and plays whatever music you proggramed it to! I think that this will be the future of music. I think that people will be playing guitars, violins, pianos, drums and all of the other musical instruments on air. That is the future! :-):-)

Here is a link to what the program looks like:
http://sciencenews.org/view/access/id/37527/name/snk_music_2.jpg


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