{"id":270,"date":"2017-05-30T03:08:57","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T03:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikewinters.io\/?p=270"},"modified":"2021-07-26T17:33:34","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T17:33:34","slug":"my-first-brainwave-instrument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikewinters.io\/?p=270","title":{"rendered":"Neurofeedback Music"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Not long after the discovery of alpha waves in the human electroencephalogram (EEG), a composer named Alvin Lucier used them in music performance. The piece <em>Music for Solo Performer <\/em>(1965) amplified these brain signals to excite percussion instruments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neurofeedback and biofeedback instruments have interested me since working at the Input Devices and Music Interaction Lab (IDMIL). But it was not until I was a student in Gil Weinberg&#8217;s Robotic Musicianship Group, that I had the opportunity to use them to make music. As I discovered first-hand, the signals are notoriously noisy and difficult to control. I needed to be creative in how I used them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube alignwide wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Music Performance using EEG\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IctphI0mTHI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>I helped these students create a musical instrument that used Alpha\/Theta neurofeedback training. A trained meditator attempts to reach a hypnogogic state, represented by birds chirping. His brainwaves control the timbre of a virtual instrument played by another performer. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I learned a lot of what I know about EEG by teaching others. My first EEG instrument was made in co-design with undergraduate students in the interdisciplinary Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) program. After a period of critical thought and discussion, I taught them EEG signal processing, EEG acquisition, audio-coding and design. They used these skills to make the instrument, which we performed performed publicly in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/mikewinters.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/gtcmt-full-size-logo.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"73\" class=\"wp-image-73\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikewinters.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/gtcmt-full-size-logo.png 496w, https:\/\/mikewinters.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/gtcmt-full-size-logo-300x54.png 300w, https:\/\/mikewinters.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/gtcmt-full-size-logo-400x73.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"218\" src=\"https:\/\/mikewinters.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/image-placeholder-title-1024x218.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"296\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mikewinters.io\/?attachment_id=296\" class=\"wp-image-296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikewinters.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/image-placeholder-title-1024x218.png 1024w, https:\/\/mikewinters.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/image-placeholder-title-300x64.png 300w, https:\/\/mikewinters.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/image-placeholder-title-768x163.png 768w, https:\/\/mikewinters.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/image-placeholder-title-400x85.png 400w, https:\/\/mikewinters.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/image-placeholder-title-800x170.png 800w, https:\/\/mikewinters.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/image-placeholder-title.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Invited Talks<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Winters, R. M., Culwell, C., &amp; Bright, T. J. (2017), <a href=\"https:\/\/moogfest2017.sched.com\/event\/AGbz\/brain-waves-and-music\">Brainwaves and Music<\/a> (2017), <em>Moogfest<\/em>, Durham, NC.<\/li><li>Hsu, T., &amp; Winters, R. M. (2017), <a href=\"https:\/\/moogfest2017.sched.com\/event\/AGc0\/new-instruments-interfaces-and-robotic-musicians\">New Instruments, Interfaces and Robotic Musicians<\/a>, <em>Moogfest<\/em>, Durham, NC.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not long after the discovery of alpha waves in the human electroencephalogram (EEG), a composer named Alvin Lucier used them in music performance. The piece Music for Solo Performer (1965) amplified these brain signals to excite percussion instruments. 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