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Proceedings, Oxford, UK (2002) - World Federation of Music Therapy

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The sensors can be built into specially designed instrument bodies or<br />

'shells' such as the one shown in Figure 55, designed by Jonathan Phillips<br />

<strong>of</strong> Ensemble Research.<br />

Figure 55The ‘Shell’ instrument, responsive to touch<br />

This simplifies the wiring and aesthetic problems identified earlier in this<br />

paper, and builds an identifiable visual and tactile 'character' to which the<br />

performer may relate.<br />

7. Audio-Visual instruments<br />

We now have the possibility <strong>of</strong> performing image as well as sound, given<br />

that today's computer systems are adept at handling real-time image<br />

generation and processing. The images can be produced in exactly the<br />

same environments used for the synthesis <strong>of</strong> sound and gesture<br />

processing, Thus an image could react (change shape, colour, extent<br />

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