Infusing Musical Boundaries

Infusing Musical Boundaries is a music installation I made in my ISTA 401 class. In this installation, the users get to immerse themselves into a musical environment where they can create music with a touch of a button. I synced up all the buttons of the keyboard to a musical loop, whether it is drums, or a beat it will continue to loop until turned off. All sounds can be turned off when needed. We wanted to infuse the ideas of Jazz, Hip-hop and Techno. If you mix and match different genres together it makes a whole new work of art and we wanted to show this through our piece. 

Here are a few screenshots:

Our work is different from others because we take loops that are very available to the public and transform them into a whole new piece that the user can personally create. The visual aspect of our program makes it stand out from the rest. The visuals make our loops more prominent and creates a whole work of art into the piece. With this aspect of the program, the user doesn't necessarily have to be about the music, they can also explore the visuals of the project. Its more of a trial and error to experience the visuals and the music. We programmed it so you can easily extract a sound from many that are playing in case there is something off beat or it does not sound right, there is a lot of power available to the user to select what they want to do.There are a few guidelines but no major rules. It is here to help the creative juices flow. 

This installation was implemented in the 2013 SISTA Art Show! During the Art Show, Marie and I gave a 5-10 minute performance to demonstrate how to use it and we rocked out!