New dance floor creates music January 2016 Copyright RickOShay
Vibrations Inc. in the USA recently released it new patented vibration and energy sensing technology, The Media Audio Sensing System 'MASS1 reads the collective energy and movement of a crowd on a dance floor and automatically creates music based on pattern matching and energy relationships. Collective movement of people on the dance floor creates waves which are mapped to a basic rhythm machine. The main music theme is generated based on matching the crowds shared heat, energy body movement and even pheromone levels using a complex mathematical model to samples and synths which are produced on the fly. The crowd or collective can adjust the music and rhythm by moving together using audio feedback to direct the actual music. Copyright companies are now debating ownership issues of these collective compositions. 'Ownership is a very complex issue' said Stella Gizmo from T&C Corp. 'Who really has a claim to this new form of music. It's not as clear cut as one would expect.' So far music companies are vying for...