Current Projects
My current interests incorporate the use of physical controllers and interactive software. Research areas include circuit bending and hardware hacking techniques, Arduino hardware/software, Emotiv EEG hardware/software, and Max/MSP/Jitter.
My primary goal is the creation of a variety of physical controllers for use as stand-alone instruments and as controllers for use with interactive software, and the creation of synthesis engines utilizing multiple application. The controllers and synthesis engines will be used to create several musical compositions ranging from interactive computer music to intermedia/installation art incorporating audio and video.
In the long term, I plan to incorporate the use of an Emotiv EEG headset and related software as a controller for various synthesis engines and music software processes. This aspect of my research is informed by my interest in neurobiology, and has several possible applications aside from composition. One consideration concerning the use of EEG hardware is correlation between the data and a meaningful musical response. One of my main interests is to create a viable set of correlations to drive meaningful musical processes with EEG data.
Parallel projects using EEG data include measuring the effects of acoustmatic music on brainwave activity, and compiling EEG data during the creative process.