Imogen Heap: Box Of Tricks

Published on Oct 7, 2015 Soniccouture

Update: this is available now at: http://www.soniccouture.com

"A unique collection of 13 virtual instruments created by Imogen Heap and Soniccouture

Video by James Welburn@Watchsonics"

Playlist:
Imogen Heap: Box Of Tricks
Imogen heap Box of Tricks: Euclidean Beats
Imogen heap Box Of Tricks: Jammer
Imogen Heap Box Of Tricks: Spaces and Effects
Box Of Tricks Synthesis


COMING OCTOBER 2015

"Every aspect of Box Of Tricks has been shaped by Imogen Heap.

An exclusive selection of her instruments, sampled in detail and with custom scripts, effects, and tools; all designed the way she wanted to use them.

Box Of Tricks has already been beta-tested in Imogens live performances and studio projects: a process that helped generate ideas and refine the instruments.

From an initial idea about a free Heap instrument, to the final result, 3 years later; Box Of Tricks is a truly extraordinary collaboration."

The Gloves That Will "Change The Way We Make Music", With Imogen Heap

Some of you might remember Imogen Heap's musical gloves as far back as 2011 when she presented them at TED Talks and then again in 2012/2013 at the CTM Festival. She has now taken the project to Kickstarter here. At the time of this post, £43,078 of her £200,000 goal has been pledged with 29 days to go. The following are some details from the Kickstarter page and further below is a video interview from Dezeen.

via Kickstarter (be sure to check out the site for more!):

"What Exactly Can the Gloves Do?

The gloves capture the movements and postures of your hands. Our software allows this information to be mapped to musical control messages which can then be easily routed to your favourite music software

Specifically, the gloves track the following:

The orientation of your hand
The “flex” of your fingers
Your current hand posture (e.g. fist, open hand, one finger point)
The direction (up, down, left, right, forwards, backwards) of your hand
Sharp movements such as drum hits
This information is transmitted wirelessly to your computer, over WiFi (via the x-OSC board on the wrist).

In order to turn this information into music, we have developed software allowing you to “map” glove data to musical control signals (e.g. MIDI and OSC). The software also allows you to combine glove inputs to make complex controls. For example, the software would allow you to program the following:

'If I am making a fist with my right hand, and pointing downwards with my left hand, map the ‘roll’ of my right wrist to MIDI control change message 60 on channel 2'.

These mappings can then be used to control third party software such as Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Logic Pro or Max/MSP or plugins such as Kontakt and Omnisphere.

This ability of the software to combine postures and gestures for mapping, combined with other innovative technological advances, means there are literally thousands of independently mappable controls with one pair of gloves (!) - more than most MIDI controllers on the market - all without having to even look at a screen during performance. You can create multiple parallel mappings, switch between sets of mappings, and load and save your projects to share or develop them over time. Finally, you can use the software to listen out for other inputs, as well, further increasing the richness of control and expressive mappability with your favourite music software."



The gloves that will "change the way we make music", with Imogen Heap from Dezeen on Vimeo.

"See more architecture and design movies on dezeen.com/movies

In this exclusive video interview, musician Imogen Heap demonstrates the electronic gloves that allow people to interact with their computer remotely via hand gestures.

The interview was filmed at Heap's home studio outside London, shortly before she launched her Kickstarter campaign to produce a limited production run of the open-source Mi.Mu gloves.

'These beautiful gloves help me gesturally interact with my computer,' says Heap, explaining how the wearable technology allows her to perform without having to interact with keyboards or control panels.

Pushing buttons and twiddling dials 'is not very exciting for me or the audience,' she says. '[Now] I can make music on the move, in the flow and more humanly, [and] more naturally engage with my computer software and technology.'

Each gesture-control glove contains a wifi-enabled x-IMU board developed by x-IO Technologies containing an accelerometer, a magnetometer and a gyroscope.

These work together with a series of motion sensors incorporated into the fingers of each glove that track the degree of bend and the spread of the fingers. The gloves can also understand postures such as an open palm, a finger-point or a closed fist.

The latest version of the gloves feature e-textile technology, where sensors and wiring are integrated into fabric. Heap is now exploring how to make further use of electronically conducting textiles, to reduce the number of hard components in the gloves.

Heap says they will not just change performance, but the production of music too: 'We really feel that they are going to change the way we make music.'

Heap’s Kickstarter campaign aims to raise £200,000 to develop and produce a limited production run of Mi.Mu gloves. If successful, she will make both the hardware and software open source, allowing people to develop their own uses for the technology. 'It’s really exciting to see what people might do by hacking them,' said Heap. The Kickstarter campaign closes on 3 May 2014.

The music featured in this movie is Me, the Machine, a track that Heap wrote specifically to be performed using the gloves.

for more information about the technology in the gloves, read the edited transcript of our interview with Heap.

Dezeen and MINI Frontiers is a year-long collaboration with MINI exploring how design and technology are coming together to shape the future."

Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek (Houston Warehouse Live)

YouTube via blakeeb. Sent my way via brian c - "vocoder and autotune heaven"
"Live video of Imogen Heap playing her keytar for Hide and Seek at Warehouse Live in Houston, TX. Amazing use of vocoders!"

And on the acoustic side, also via brian c:

Imogen Heap Come Here Boy

"Imogen Heap Come Here Boy 11/12/2006 @ Webster Hall, NY"

Imogen Heap & Her Musical Gloves at Upcoming CTM Festival

Imogen Heaps Musical Gloves on Dara O Briain's Science Club

Published on Dec 30, 2012

"Imogen Heap demos her (x-IMU-based) musical gloves to Dara on his show, Dara O Briain's Science Club broadcasted on BBC2, Dec 31, 2012. Imogen also did a short performance of her track 'Me The Machine' but time limitations meant this performance was heavily edited. A longer (but still edited) performance is on BBC i-player:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p012zmvh

More info on the project is available via:
http://www.x-io.co.uk/?p=829"

http://imogenheap.com/thegloves/

"In 2009, when Kelly Snook invited Imogen to visit to MIT's Media Lab, she realised the tech had now made this possible when she tried on Elly Jessop's musical glove. "Elly's glove could record and loop the voice with a few intuitive hand gestures. A million possibilities flooded my imagination! I was quite emotional and as soon as possible I changed my touring and recording life cycle to get to work on creating my dream setup that felt ever closer than before."

She called up Tom Mitchell, who'd worked with her before in coding her Monome for a Letterman performance and told him the idea. He loved it and got funding from the University of Western England (UWE ) to do a research paper on the work. She asked 5DT for a set of gloves to get going and began experimenting."

Details on the CTM Festival:
CALL FOR WORKS: SIGN-UP FOR THE MUSICMAKERS HACKLAB @ CTM.13!

"Throughout the week, we'll welcome artist and developer presentations from Keith Fullerton Whitman, Imogen Heap, Lucas Abela, Tim Exile, Ali Demirel, Native Instruments, Ableton, and others to be announced. Participants will share hands-on skill sessions on topics like physical computing and custom controllers, wearable technology and fashion, live visuals, Pure Data/libpd, Max for Live, Reaktor, OpenSoundControl, Quartz Composer, Processing, and more."

via Create Digital Music

Imogen Heap @ QET, Toronto, 2009 - Hide and Seek

YouTube via ghostryderx
"After an amazing set, Imogen Heap returns for an encore with Hide and Seek.

Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Toronto - 11/26/09"


via Ryder:
"Fantastic show last week. Lots of cool gear and help from Back Ted N-Ted & Tim Exile for live performance. Check out the Roland AX-Synth!"

Imogen Heap @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Toronto, 2009
flickr by Ryder Mackay

Imogen Heap at TED

via psfk.com

"Today, during her performance at the TEDGlobal Conference in Edinburgh, the singer/songwriter, Imogen Heap demonstrated a pair of magical, musical gloves that had audience members literally eating out of the palm of her hands. The high tech musical gloves connect an interface to a live musical production system controlled entirely with hand gestures. Developed by Dr. Thomas Mitchell, a lecturer and researcher at the University of the West of England, the gloves are like something out of the movie, Minority Report, since sounds can be recorded, synthesized and manipulated live on stage by Imogen Heap by using intuitive hand movements."

This one in via Joshua.

How Imogen Heap Makes Music With Mi.Mu Gloves

Published on Jul 5, 2019 Reverb

"Imogen Heap's gloves have something to say, and we joined the visionary electronic performer/producer/songcrafter during soundcheck so she could share the secrets of these revolutionary Mi.Mu Gloves, and how she controls her sound using music tech and meticulously mapped hand movements.
Read more on Reverb: http://bit.ly/2xwIVEW
More from Imogen Heap: http://imogenheap.com/
Learn more about Mi.Mu Gloves: https://mimugloves.com/"

Imogen Heap Live Set Up

Imogen Heap Live Set Up from will seelig on Vimeo.

First Train Home - Official Video

YouTube via imogenheap. http://imogenheap.com/
"Imogen Heap First Train Home (c) (C) 2009 Megaphonic Records"

imogen heap on letterman

I almost didn't put this up as I try to keep post specifically about the synths rather than just artists using synths. You can imagine how out of control the site would get if I opened the flood gates. But... Since I've been on a bit of a looping kick lately I figure why not. I've heard of Imogen Heap before but I never made the time to listen to her music. Brian Comnes sent me a link to this video as Imogen Heap is becoming the looping artist. This video shows how she is able to create a full piece of music all by herself using loops and most importantly building them live. Pretty cool, and Letterman seemed to like it. : ) This song is really growing on me. Anyone know what synth she's playing?

Imogen Heap Exclusive at MTF Stockholm

"The programme of exclusives and unique performances for MTF Labs participants is now online. As you may already have picked up, we're absolutely delighted to have the incredible Imogen Heap joining us at Music Tech Fest Stockholm.

She's going to be pretty busy while she's there...

She's launching the Mycelia Creative Passport World Tour; she'll be running the invitation-only MTF Blockchain Labs with Mycelia from Monday to Friday; hosting the Mycelia Exhibition that will run throughout the public weekend festival at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, performing a big concert at Göta Lejon on Saturday night with her band Frou Frou; and joining us on the Conversations stage on Sunday for an indepth, personal interview about her life and work.

Not only that, but Imogen has agreed to welcome all of the innovators and VIPs we have assembled from around the world in our week-long MTF Labs on Monday 3rd - as well as gracing us with a unique, exclusive and absolutely one-off intimate evening with performance and talk just for our labs participants, VIP guests and press on Thursday evening.

The labs are more than full to capacity - in fact, we had so many applications from so many brilliant people - from choreographers to cryptographers - we had to expand from 30 participants to 80! The decommissioned underground nuclear reactor chamber we've taken over for this incredible event is going to be absolutely buzzing with innovation.

Don't miss Imogen in conversation at #MTFStockholm...

And - we have a special bonus for you: we've secured 50 discounted tickets to the big Saturday night Imogen and Frou Frou concert at Göta Lejon.

Join the MTF Messenger list for more information about this and other Music Tech Fest discounts and offers.

Just over a week to go... Can't wait to see you there!

All the best,


Andrew Dubber,
Director, Music Tech Fest"

Imogen Heap - Me The Machine (Official Video)

Published on Apr 22, 2014 imogenheap·78 videos

"Two years to the day since Imogen unveiled the first version of 'Me The Machine' with her Mi.Mu Gloves, here's the official music video!

Back the Gloves on Kickstarter: http://immi.fm/mimukick
Pre-order the "Sparks" deluxe box set: http://immi.fm/ihdeluxe

New album "Sparks" coming soon...

Imogen said: "Today is Earth Day and 2 years ago I performed the first version of Me The Machine written with and for my Mi.Mu gloves. I am dying to let you hear the album but I have to wait, but today I want to let you hear and see the studio version and the additional music video. Hope you really enjoy it! Most of the visuals are being manipulated live using my Mi.Mu gloves as I didn't just want to mime. So I went one step further and worked with the team on getting the gloves ready for visual manipulations."

CLICK FOR MORE »

Imogen Heap - Everything In-Between DVD Trailer

YouTube via imogenheap | July 08, 2010

"Go behind the scenes and explore the three year journey of Imogen Heap's making of the Grammy Award winning album, Ellipse. Travel with Imogen as she invites you into her writing & recording process and building her brand new recording studio in her old family home.

Everything In-Between: The Story Of Ellipse is release on DVD on Aug 31st

Visit www.imogenheap.com to pre-order now!"

Imogen Heap in the New York Times

Read the full review here.
"But she’s also a 21st-century geek. Most of her songs, performed onstage with or without her three-man band, are transparent Minimalist webs of staccato counterpoint, plinking like Steve Reich or thumping a computerized dance beat, juxtaposing both in tunes like “Swoon” and “Headlock.” Her piano onstage was the shell of a baby grand — transparent to show no strings — with electronics inside. Her other instruments included an African mbira (thumb piano) and a Keytar synthesizer. Once she had her loops going, she flitted around the stage in a lighthearted, gawky ballet." via vgermuse. more Imogen Heap posts.

Imogen Heap - Just For Now (live at Studio 11 103.1FM)

YouTube via 75dollars. Just saw this on Sonic State. Not directly synth related, so file this one under looping. Apparently she does this all with an Electrix Repeater. If you like this, be sure to see this performance as well. Imogen Heap is absolute magic. I have to thank brian comnes for introducing me to her music back then.

Studio Gear Videos via FM Magazine

Sharam Jey Synth collection from will seelig on Vimeo.

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KORG DS-10 PLUS: 'Headlock (Anthony Seeha Remix)' By Imogen Heap

YouTube Uploaded by seehanth001 on Jan 28, 2012

"This is my Korg DS-10 Plus remix of Imogen Heap's 'Headlock'.
I asked my brother to find a vocal track for me so that I could remix it and he suggested this song. I never heard the song's instrumental before, so I thought that would be a good place to create my own ideas for the remix. I decided to make a progressive house remix to this song! Please enjoy! =)

Follow me on Soundcloud for exclusive updates - http://soundcloud.com/anthonyseeha

*OH GOSH I AM NOT GOOD WITH VOCAL MIXING. At least it sounds okay!"

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Nintendo DSi on Amazon

KORG DS-10 on eBay

Eigen Labs Artist Feature - Imogen Heap

YouTube via eigenlabs | November 17, 2010

"Imogen Heap is an award winning artist with Ivor Novello and Grammy awards to her name. Respected among her peers and adored by her fans, she truly embraces both modern technology and traditional instruments in her creative process.

We met in 'the hideaway', her home studio...."

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Update via brian comnes in the comments: "be sure to see the imogen heap link with the pixelh8 at [link]" embedded below. Comes in right after the nose at 6:58.


YouTube via imogenheap
imogen heap: vBlog#22
"Hello my lovelies. I'm back... less the lurgy but daffodil equipped. Spring is here (except it weirdly snowed for a couple of days...) Look at all those lovely shiny CD scraps. A teeny weeny snippet of my little remix and lots of windy wires. I didn't expect this vblog to have been all this time mostly the making of my studio.... but drumroll.... the next stage is on. The making of the album. Next blog and onwards will be much more music musings. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx love fluv xxxxxxxx immi x :)"

Imogen Heap - First Train Home on Letterman HD 720p

YouTube via LateNight2015. monome
"Imogen Heap - First Train Home on Letterman HD 720p"

Interview w/ Michael Tyson: Creator of Audiobus, Loopy, TAAE, Samplebot, and more

Published on Dec 23, 2018 MATTHEW FECHER

"Michael Tyson is one of the single most important people in the iOS Music world. He changed history. Before Audiobus, music apps could not communicate with each other. Audiobus was the precursor to technologies such as Inter-app Audio (IAA) and the Plugin format AUv3.

Musicians including Robert Plant (Led Zepplin) and Billy Joel have used his apps on national Television. He reveals how he was traveling around Europe in an RV. Then, how he had an #1 app virtually overnight and he was able to buy house. And, other crazy stories...

0:00 Awesome Intro to Michael & Audiobus
0:57 Your apps have been featured on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. And, played by some of the most iconic musicians in history. How does it feel to see musical icons use your apps?
2:30 Did you see an increase in sales when Loopy was played on Television?
3:41 Was that a one time thing? Or, has it happened again?
4:04 Origin of SampleBot
5:06 How did The Amazing Audio Engine (TAAE) come about?
6:52 Audiobus, what was your motivation to create something that had never been done?
9:41 Will Apple even allow what you were working on... What if you wasted a year of your life?
11:58 Audiobus vs Loopy, which has been downloaded more/most successful?
13:13 You meet people in the street who know what Loopy is?
13:53 What tips do you have for people who want to get started making Audio Apps?
15:18 Of all the things you've made, what are you most proud of?
15:45 The Audiobus forum has become the central hub for all things iOS music-making. What draws everyone to the Audiobus Forum?
16:50 As a pioneer of iOS music, you have unique insight. Where is iOS Music going in 2 years?
18:14 What would you like to see in iOS development tools in 2 years?
19:49 Were your music apps inspired by your own music-making goals?
20:47 What would you build if someone gave you $1 million dollars and said you could work on anything that you wanted?
23:34 Were you born an audio programmer? How did you get to this point?
24:35 Audiobus shows continued evolution. In what areas would you like to see Apple help improve iOS music making development and how would this help AB evolve further?
25:44 How do you switch off? What activities do you do besides iOS Development?
26:19 Will we ever see an app like Sunflower on iOS?
26:46 Do you think iOS Music-making has a longterm future, specifically 5 years from now?
27:05 Would you continue making music apps if iOS no longer becomes viable?
27:49 What do you want to be doing 20 years from now?
28:46 What are some of your musical influences?
29:55 Have you seen any of your influences/music inspirations use your apps? (Imogen Heap)
31:38 What apps did you make before Loopy & Audiobus?
33:54 Did you have a day job before you left for your RV trip / app-making adventure?
35:16 What was the inspiration for The Amazing Audio Engine?
36:19 Advice for developers for dealing with bad reviews in the app store?
38:04 Michael's Final thoughts for everyone

Hosted by Matthew Fecher from AudioKit:
http://audiokitpro.com"