Plug+Play (performance tools for electronic musicians)

Plug+Play是一个便携的工具包，可以将舞台上的手势和动作转换为声音和灯光效果。使用简单的夹式传感器和控制软件，这种设计使数字声音的静态产生与现场放大的乐器一样具有相同的前台能量。艺术家创作音乐的方式正在发生变化。廉价的音乐制作应用程序和程序催生了卧室制作人。现在，任何拥有iPad或笔记本电脑的人都可以在任何地方创作复杂的音乐作品。然而，这种创作音乐的方法在向观众播放时是受限的，通常不会带来令人兴奋的现场表演。通过专注于跨越制作人、DJ和现场乐队的界限的艺术家，Plug+Play将麦克风支架转变为动态音乐控制器，将马拉卡转变为沉重的低音，或将举手转变为脉动的合成波。传感器利用了现场表演中通常使用的自然互动和手势(移动、接近、扭转、猛烈抨击、Stomp)。在电子音乐和舞蹈音乐中，灯光也是视听体验的重要组成部分，也是在舞台上创造戏剧感和表演感的常见方式。通过控制光和声音，观众通过提供进一步的视觉动力，对舞台上的动作与音乐表演之间的关系有了更好的感觉。这种设计符合跨越边界和流派的要求，这往往会带来最具创造性的音乐表现形式。即插即用技术还可以在照明和音乐表演领域带来许多衍生产品。市场拨款的证明将使诺科-DTM能够研究音乐控制器市场的三个不同方面-艺术家+表演者、场地+硬件和更广泛的行业(零售商+品牌)。这项研究将使我们能够充分了解这项技术的市场机会，并确定正在进行的开发和资金需求。

Plug+Play is a portable toolkit that translates on-stage gestures and actions into sound andlighting effects. Using simple clip-on sensors and control software, this design enables thestatic production of digital sounds to be created with the same front-of-stage energy as liveamplified instruments. The way artists create music is changing. Inexpensive musicproduction apps and programs have given rise to the bedroom producer. Now anyone with aniPad or laptop can create complex music compositions wherever they are. However, thismethod of creating music is restrictive when playing to an audience and generally does NOTlead to an exciting live performance. By focusing on artists that cross the boundary ofproducer, DJ and live band, Plug+Play transforms a microphone stand into a dynamic musiccontroller, a maraca into a heavy bass line or a raised hand into a pulsating synth-wave. Thesensors draw upon natural interaction and gestures typically used in a live performance(Movement, Proximity, Twist, Slam, Stomp). In electronic and dance music, lights are also animportant part of the audio-visual experience and are a common way to create a sense ofdrama and performance on stage. By controlling light as well as sound, the audience get agreater sense of how actions on stage can relate to a musical performance by offering a furthervisual dynamic. The design fits within the crossing of boundaries and genres that so oftenleads to the most creative forms of musical expression. Plug+Play technology can also lead toa number of spin-off products within lighting and music performance.A proof of market grant will enable Noko-dtm to research three different aspects of the musiccontroller market - The Artist+Performer, the Venue+Hardware, and the Wider Industry(Retailers+Brands). This research will allow us to fully scope the market opportunity for thistechnology and determine ongoing development and funding needs.