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Title
Biofeedback Music: A Junction of Music and Neurosignals
Description
Biofeedback music is the integration of physiological signals with audible sound for aesthetic considerations, which an individual’s mental status corresponds to musical output. This project looks into how sounds can be drawn from the meditative and attentive states of the brain using the MindWave Mobile EEG biosensor from NeuroSky. With the MindWave and an Arduino microcontroller processor, sonic output is attained by inputting the data collected by the MindWave, and in real time, outputting code that deciphers it into user constructed sound output. The input is scaled from values 0 to 100, measuring the ‘attentive’ state of the mind by observing alpha waves, and distributing this information to the microcontroller. The output of sound comes from sourcing this into the Musical Instrument Shield and varying the musical tonality with different chords and delay of the notes. The manipulation of alpha states highlights the control or lack thereof for the performer and touches on the question of how much control over the output there really is, much like the experimentalist Alvin Lucier displayed with his concepts in brainwave music.
Date Created
2014-05
Contributors
- Quach, Andrew Duc (Author)
- Helms Tillery, Stephen (Thesis director)
- Feisst, Sabine (Committee member)
- Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
- Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts (Contributor)
- Harrington Bioengineering Program (Contributor)
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Extent
39 pages
Language
eng
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
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Series
Academic Year 2013-2014
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.23377
Level of coding
minimal
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System Created
- 2017-10-30 02:50:57
System Modified
- 2021-08-11 04:09:57
- 3 years 1 month ago
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