[NetBehaviour] Linux Audio Conference 2011. Marco Donnarumma

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Xth Sense: researching biological sounds of human body for an 
experimental paradigm of musical performance.

This paper seeks to outline methods underlying the development of the 
Xth Sense project, an ongoing research which investigates exploratory 
applications of biophysical sound design for musical performance and 
responsive milieux. Firstly, an exploratory study of the acoustics of 
body sounds, namely muscle sounds is illustrated. I describe the 
development of an audio synthesis model for muscle sounds1 which offered 
a deeper understanding of the body sound matter and provided the ground 
for further experimentations in signal processing and composition. Then 
follows a description of the development and design of the Xth Sense - a 
wearable hardware sensor device for capturing biological body sounds, 
this was implemented in the realization of Music for Flesh I - a first 
attempt at musical performance. Eventually I elaborate on the relations 
between the role of sound in cognitive experience and the acoustic 
capabilities of biologic body sounds and try to establish an array of 
principles which will provide the backbone of the next stage of my inquiry.

Marco Donnarumma

Video of the presentation and direct link to the PDF:
http://lac.linuxaudio.org/2011/video.php?id=17
http://lac.linuxaudio.org/2011/papers/30.pdf