MIDI JACKET
Why not wear your MIDI controller on you while you’re walking around? We
can think of a few reasons, but it doesn’t make Mexico-based MACHINA‘s
Midi Jacket any less of an interesting concept. With three touch strip
sensors on the exterior of the jacket, as well as an accelerometer and
“flex sensors” in the sleeve, we could easily see this project being
complemented with an iOS application that allows the user to jam out
while walking around town, manipulating beats and effects while staying
warm. Check out the clothing design company’s promotional video for the
jacket below, featuring performing musician Moi and a fair amount of
anti-Internet censorship messages.MNvsMCHN.01. from MACHINA on Vimeo.
The jacket is “coming soon”, pricing unknown, – and the one featured in the video is supposedly one of five models. After watching the demo, we’re not sure that the accelerometer and bend detection actually offer any level of intuitive control yet- but often it’s hard to tell simply based on a short clip like this.
BEATSURFING: INTUITIVE IPAD CONTROLLER CREATOR
Beatsurfing - The Organic MIDI Controller Builder - Official Teaser from Vlek Data on Vimeo.
We’ve reached out to the IDEEALab team to see if the new video is a sign of things to come, like a potential production run, but at the time of publication they haven’t responded.
