Playing on heart-strings: experiences with the 2Hearts system

Authors:
Graeme McCaig;Sidney Fels
Affiliations:
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada;University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Venue:
NIME '02 Proceedings of the 2002 conference on New interfaces for musical expression
Year:
2002

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Abstract

Here we present 2Hearts, a music system controlled by the heartbeats of two people. As the players speak and touch, 2Hearts extracts meaningful variables from their heartbeat signals. These variables are mapped to musical parameters, conveying the changing patterns of tension and relaxation in the players' relationship. We describe the motivation for creating 2Hearts, observations from the prototypes that have been built, and principles learnt in the ongoing development process.