New MIDI Jacket Promises To Turn Your Body Into A Music Controller

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Electronic artist collective Machina has announced the MIDI Jacket – a wearable MIDI controller, being developed as a Kickstarter project.

The MIDI Jacket MJ v01 is designed to control digital music instruments, computers, and other devices. It allows users to control and make music kinetically (through body movements), through body sensors, and by detecting your acceleration and flexion. 

The MIDI Jacket has multiple built-in controllers:

Four flexible sensors which can detect your finger’s positionOne accelerometer which can detect your arm’s accelerationA joystick4 push buttons

All of these sensors and buttons can be configured by the user, but they come with presets and initial configurations. While the sensors are there, the jacket looks like a regular jacket, and can be worn under normal conditions.

Machine is also developing a VST that the jacket can be connected to Ableton Live wirelessly. Along with this, they are developing a mobile application for iOS and Android that will allow users to interact with the jacket in a simple way.

Features are expected to include:

Sound Capturing/UsageBy recording in the cell phone/TabletPressing a key and recording a soundConfigurable pad to match the sensoresKey MappingDefine which keys go with which soundsDefine which keys add an effectDefine if the keys are used as buttons, sensors, if they’re pressure sensitive, etc.Define the threshold to trigger actions

Pricing for the MIDI jacket is $285 for project supporters.

Note: The MIDI Jacket is being developed as a Kickstarter project, which means that that supporters participate in the project’s risks and benefits. See the project site for details.

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