An electrocardiophone and cardiophone is a musical instrument or diagnostic tool which uses
heart waves (measured in the same way as an
ECG
Electrocardiography is the process of producing an electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG), a recording of the heart's electrical activity. It is an electrogram of the heart which is a graph of voltage versus time of the electrical activity of the hear ...
) to generate or modulate sounds.
James Fung,
Ariel Garten
Ariel Garten (born September 24, 1979) is a Canadian artist, scientist and intellectual known for her work in integrating art and science. She is the co-founder and former CEO of InteraXon.
Early life and education
Garten was born in Toronto. ...
, and
Steve Mann (~2003) have created a wide variety of underwater biophone systems that use physiological signals to control different musical variables in an intricate way, as well as to actually generate sounds, including underwater ECG and EEG concerts.
[http://wearcam.org/icmc2007/]
The electrocardiophone is a
quintephone in the sense that it creates sound from the "5th classical element" (i.e. from beyond the world of matter).
Related concepts
The electrocardiophone is related to the
electroencephalophone. In addition to sound-production, regenerative brainwave musical performances use brainwave interfaces to modify or manipulate or play along with sounds of other instruments in a live performance context.
Gallery
Image:Electrocardiophone softub0.jpg, Preparing for underwater and water-based biophone concert: connecting ECG electrodes for electrocardiophone
Image:Quintist Ariel Garten performing with live band at The Power Plant.jpg, Electroencephalophone as part of live performance. Using brainwaves the quintist directly interfaces to a music synthesizer, playing along with the other band members. A closed-loop system functions analogously with a regenerative receiver.
See also
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Electroencephalophone
References
External links
A LOW COST ELECTROCARDIOPHONE FOR TEACHING PURPOSES
Experimental musical instruments
Quintephones
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