ロマイン ルーブ, 多田幸生, 前川督雄, 西本一志, 間瀬健二, 中津良平
Dressable Music: a Musical System Creating a Parallel World
Abstract:Playing a musical instrument is often restrictive. It requires a special stance or equipment. For example, it is hard to play piano, guitar or violin while walking. This project intends to propose a new type of musical instrument which is both simple and practical and can be used anywhere, anytime and with or by anybody.
The instrument is designed as clothing and can thus be worn. It plays music using MIDI and wireless transmissions. This allows anyone to play music more easily and lightheartedly than usual. It can be played with people in the streets as well as friends at home and even while walking with random people you meet. It opens a new kind of music depending on the feelings and the situation.
In this report, I will describe more precisely the project and introduce technical concepts used, like the MIDI protocol or the ITRON specifications. Then I will precise my work in the conception of the instrument and conlude with future evolutions of the project.