EEG x Modular project at Erica Synths artist residency.
This summer I felt encouraged to apply for the Erica Synths Garage artist residency after attending a Pure Data workshop simulating modular synthesis by Hugo Paris in Riga.
It seemed the right time to apply the Brain-Computer Music Interface technology I've developed over the past 5 years at JVLMA for my PhD research project, working together with visual artist and software engineer Martins Dabolins.
The residency began on Monday 12 August, and ended with a concert on Thursday the 15th. The recording of the concert and an interview will be published later in the autumn and I will link it here.
Meanwhile, below are a few pictures of the process from experimenting with a smaller rack at home to the setup at the Erica Synths performance space. A full list of the gear used can be found below that.
Gear list:
EEG input:
Enobio 32 NECBOX with USB connection.
Electrode cable for custom 8 channel montage and ear clip for CMS/DRL grounding.
Neoprene headband modified to add location Oz as an 8th channel. Frontal locations: F7, AF7, Fp1, Fz, Fp2, AF8, F8.
Neuroelectrics Drytrode EEG electrode x 1 for channel Oz, Foretrode EEG electrodes x 7 for frontal locations.
EEG signal processing and MIDI management:
MacBook Pro with extended monitor
Neuroelectrics Instrument Controller
Quartz Composer
Logic Pro X
MIDI networking to visual artist
Synths:
Microkorg Vocoder
Moog Matriarch
Korg Polysix (with MIDI i/o)
Weston Pro 2021
Drum machine:
Korg Volca beats
MIDI keys:
ROLI Lumi keys
Modules:
Hexinverter
Mutant brain x 4
Erica synths
Midi thru box
Nightverb
8 multi
Black BBD
Black hole DSP
Black stereo delay
Black output
Befaco
Crush delay
Electro Harmonix
EHX C9 VC Organ Machine
Visual artist gear:
Head-tracking visual art projection
M1 MacBook max
HD 3,2 lumen projector
vdmx5
obs studio
MIDI networking
EEG to DMX interface
Enttec DIN Ethergate
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