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Turn motion into music

MUGIC® is a revolutionary motion sensor that allows you to modulate and control music with gestures like bowing motion.

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Saturday, Feb 22nd at 11:00 am PST | 2:00 PM EST

Getting Started with MUGIC 2

Mari Kimura, founder of MUGIC will be hosting the second MUGIC Zoom meeting to help you jump-start your projects in Ableton. We’ll pick up where we left off last time, starting with the Ableton set we didn’t have time to explore in depth. Expect a more interactive format—and maybe even some live demos!  Max users are of course welcome as well!!!

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Unlimited possibilities

Experience a new level of creative expression with the MUGIC® sensor. Developed by a Guggenheim and SEAMUS award-winning violinist/composeer Mari Kimura, MUGIC® (Music/ User Gesture Interface Control) is an omni-directional software controller which fits in your palm. A small electronic gadget, MUGIC® has been used by musicians, dancers, artists, and actors on stages around the world.

Why MUGIC®?

Control your own accompaniment

Your bowing movement can scale with the speed of the piano track, speeding up and slowing down with the violinist.

Works with any instrument

Your only limit is your imagination. You can use MUGIC with anything that incorporates gesture and movement including performance art.

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So LIGHT you won't feel a thing.

Coming in at a whooping 0.6 ounces (18 grams) and 1 x 1.8 x 1.4 inches (2.6 x 4.5 x 1.5 cm) across, MUGIC® is practically weightless. It's an extension of your body that you can attach to anything.

Control ANYTHING

MUGIC® can be used to create sounds, control effects, change lighting parameters, generate visuals and much much more. It can also control any DAW such as Max, LIVE, and MUGIC® Standalone as a MIDI. With a 9-axis rotation, you are only limited by your imaginaton.

COLLABORATE like never before

With MUGIC®, you can connect up to 12 sensors, enabling seamless collaboration with friends and fellow artists. Elevate your creative projects with synchronized, dynamic motion control.

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Who is MUGIC® designed for?

  • For Artists

    We share Max patches and Ableton devices for free, so artists can start creating immediately.

  • For Students

    Many institutions acquired MUGIC® for their classrooms, including Harvard University, UC Berkeley, and Julliard.

  • For Everyone

    MUGIC® is an easy-to-use WIFI sensor, suited to learn and teach electronic music, interactive graphics and much more.

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Be a part of MUGIC®

We're always excited to see how our community uses MUGIC® in their creative endeavors. Share your work with us and join a growing network of innovative artists pushing the boundaries of performance and composition.

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Frequently asked questions

Still have questions?

What is MUGIC®? Is it a controller or an instrument?

MUGIC® is a device that enables you to use your movements to control virtually anything in software. You can create sounds, control effects, change lighting parameters, generate visuals, and more. MUGIC® enables you to expand your control over your system and translate your movements into meaningful data.

So, what can I do with MUGIC®?

MUGIC® was originally built with the intention of capturing nuanced physical data to control parameters in music software (like Max and Ableton Live), but you could also use it to control live video, lighting, Ardino projects, etc.MUGIC® uses OSC data via UDP so theoretically anything that can accept or translate this data could be used.

Do I need to be a computer programmer or coder in order to use MUGIC®?

No! We have built a suite of software and devices that will enable you to use MUGIC® without any coding or computer programming experience. We have primarily used MUGIC® with Max and Ableton Live and have made a number of patches and devices available for free download. (Go to Download page) These patches and devices will allow you to easily map MUGIC® data within Max and Ableton. Some experience with Max will certainly help broaden your capabilities, but our patches can be used (and hacked) to achieve fairly advanced results with relative ease.

What computer does MUGIC® work with? (Windows, Mac, phone, Tablets?)

At this time, MUGIC® only works on computers, both on Mac and Windows platforms.

Can I use MUGIC® to control my other hardware and synthesizers?

Yes, if you have the proper tools. You will still need a computer for MUGIC® to connect to, software to manage your data (e.g. MIDI), and an interface that has MIDI capabilities (most do). You simply need to use the “MUGIC® to MIDI patch” (We will soon put them up on the "Downloads page").

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