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CubeHarmonic: A New Interface from a Magnetic 3D Motion Tracking System to Music Performance
2018
We developed a new musical interface, CubeHarmonic, with the magnetic 3D motion tracking system IM3D. This sys- tem precisely tracks positions of tiny, wireless, battery-less, and identifiable markers (LC coils) in real time. The Cube- Harmonic is a musical application of the Rubik’s cube, with notes on each little piece. Scrambling the cube, we get dif- ferent chords and chord sequences. Positions of the pieces which contain LC coils are detected through IM3D, and transmitted to the computer to recognize the status of the Rubik’s cube, that plays sounds. The central position of the cube is also measured by the LC coils located into the corners of Rubik’s cube, and, depending on the positio…
Hypercube + Rubik’s Cube + Music = HyperCubeHarmonic
2022
Musical chords and chord relations can be described through mathematics. Abstract permutations can be visualized through the Rubik’s cube, born as a pedagogical device [7,21]. Permutations of notes can also be heard through the CubeHarmonic, a novel musical instru- ment. Here, we summarize the basic ideas and the state of the art of the physical implementation of CubeHarmonic, discussing its conceptual lift- ing up to the fourth dimension, with the HyperCubeHarmonic (HCH). We present the basics of the hypercube theory and of the 4-dimensional Rubik’s cube, investigating its potential for musical applications. To gain intuition about HCH complexity, we present two practical implementa- tions…