Betaloop
nu desine
Betaloop is a REACT funded Internet of Things project nu desine are exploring enabling musicians around the world to share and collaborate on their ideas in real time.
Betaloop sketch
Made by
Adam Place
Adam is the Founding Director of nu desine and inventor of the multi-faceted electronic instrument, the AlphaSphere.
Diego Alcala-Gaona
Diego is the Executive Vice President of External Communications for nu desine. He graduated from Plymouth uni with a degree in Animation, specialising in abstract animation and Vjing.Whilst resident in the Studio, Diego spent most of his time travelling around the UK inspiring future musicians with…Betaloop is a REACT funded IoT project nu desine are embarking on alongside Senior Lecturer in Music Technology at UWE, Chris Nash.
BetaLoop will involve the creation of a device enabling musicians around the world to share and collaborate on their ideas in real time. Working around issues of latency by transforming large amounts of audio data into simple note data, the device will be able to record any instrument, and feed data describing pitch, dynamic and rhythm into a live looper instantaneously. This note pattern will be able to be heard via MIDI and the internet, by anyone with another BetaLoop device anywhere in the world. Other performers will then be able to change the continually looping pattern themselves, creating a musical performance evolving over time and continents.
Find out more about the project here.
