{"39819":{"#nid":"39819","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Creating Music With Your Cell Phone","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIf you own a cell phone, then new software created by Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology director Gil Weinberg and his students will allow you to be the next composer and performer of your own original music.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe new software, called ZooZ Beat, allows the user to play and record a variety of instrumental sounds by shaking and tilting the phone. It also allows entering and transforming voice recordings and sharing the music in a group. The software interprets the movements and manipulates the music accordingly.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWeinberg says he created the software after realizing how his previous research on musical expression and creativity for novices could be applied to cell phones, which have become much more ubiquitous and powerful than in years past.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022My research focuses on developing algorhythms that would allow musical instruments to analyze and interpret a player\u0027s intention,\u0022 said Weinberg. \u0022With this technology, you don\u0027t have to have a lot of skill or know a lot of music theory to become musically creative. You can just use your own expressive, intuitive gestures to create music that you can relate to.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe new software, called ZooZ Beat, allows the user to play and record a variety of instrumental sounds by shaking and tilting the phone. It also allows entering and transforming voice recordings and sharing the music in a group. The software interprets the movements and manipulates the music accordingly.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWeinberg says he created the software after realizing how his previous research on musical expression and creativity for novices could be applied to cell phones, which have become much more ubiquitous and powerful than in years past.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022My research focuses on developing algorhythms that would allow musical instruments to analyze and interpret a player\u0027s intention,\u0022 said Weinberg. \u0022With this technology, you don\u0027t have to have a lot of skill or know a lot of music theory to become musically creative. You can just use your own expressive, intuitive gestures to create music that you can relate to.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWeinberg says that he always wanted to put this technology into the hands of everyone, but his previous instruments were too expensive and difficult to maintain.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Cell phones have become so powerful as far as their capabilities, which led me to think that I could bring some of my research ideas into this realm,\u0022 says Weinberg. \u0022I don\u0027t have to develop the hardware, and everyone already has a cell phone. By making the software easily accessible, people will be able to create, manipulate and share music in a very intuitive and expressive manner.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWeinberg has also applied the software technology to gaming by using the cell phone device as a game controller for PC games.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Venture Lab has supported the commercialization of Weinberg\u0027s technology, and he has a number of patents pending. The software will be available to the general public at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.zoozmobile.com\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.zoozmobile.com\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.zoozmobile.com\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"New cell phone software puts composing music into the palm of your hand"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIf you own a cell phone, then new software created by Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology director Gil Weinberg and his students will allow you to be the next composer and performer of your own original music.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"New technology allows everyone compose music with mobile device."}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2008-11-07 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:20","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2008-11-07T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2008-11-07T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.zoozmobile.com\/","title":"Zooz Mobile"},{"url":"http:\/\/gtcmt.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/music\/","title":"Georgia Tech Music Department"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech College of Architecture"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"148","name":"Music and Music Technology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1293","name":"cell phone"},{"id":"1948","name":"Compose Music"},{"id":"1947","name":"Mobile Device"},{"id":"1309","name":"music technology"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}