I would go for something cheap and clever which might be used in a dance piece as well as other environments:
i.e. http://www.maplin.co.uk/ go to 'components' and you'll find things like infrared sensors( Transmitter/Receiver), piezo transducers, reed/proximity switches, tilt switches (nice idea) and so on. From 0.46 pounds! (sterling) Then if you are in Europe,(not your case I guess) you might order the doepfer's A192 16CVto midi. http://www.doepfer.com/a100_man/a192_man.htm Otherwise, I would go for the paia.com brain kit (continuous or on/off CV to midi) in rack. Cheaper than the F8 of midisolutions.
for the A192 you might also get radio-like controllers or magnetic-carbon from doepfer. Also you could buy a few Miniature Dual Gang components (fader like) to use it as a Peavey 1600 for hands interaction. If you do not like electronics much, you might get a 'prefab' kit (a counting objects like) which could be useful.
Another nice option might be a wee-camera and cyclops~ ($100) or Gem stuff (GPL) but I have not tryed this. (Well Steim's bigEye, 0.55 etc are always there)
Ricardo
Mensaje citado por: Bert Schiettecatte bschiett@stanford.edu:
hi,
does anyone here know of a dance platform or pad or other dance-related
controller that would be relatively easy to hook up to PD or MAX/MSP? Or would be relatively easy to develop software for (e.g. is accessible
through a game controller API of the OS)?
Thanks in advance,
Bert.
Ricardo Climent
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