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Changing the input for this music instrument

A project log for Accessible Music-Instrument with AsTeRICS

playing a keyboard in a band - without moving your hands

benjaminaignerbenjaminaigner 08/22/2017 at 09:490 Comments

Due to nature of AsTeRICS model development, it is really easy to replace the input device of this music instrument.

This project currently includes 2 models with different input possibilities:

This model was used by harry in the video. It uses the Tobii EyeX for mouse cursor positioning (that's really fast) and a FLipMouse for triggering the mouse clicks.

If you don't have an EyeX at home, you can use this model for playing sounds. It uses the internal webcam as head tracker, where you can move the mouse cursor with your head. The left-click is triggered with the spacebar. We use this normal keyboard input in combination with the FABI module, which triggers the spacebar with an external assistive button.

In some situations, one might not be satisfied with these possibilities. If this is the case, fire up the ACS, load the model and modify it as you wish :-).

You can use (only examples): openBCI (EMG/EEG input), Nintendo Wii controller, Kinect and even your smart home switch!

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