Expand your musical instrument to suit your expressive needs. Create innovative musical instruments. Design interactive sound spaces. Compose beyond the mouse and keyboard paradigm. You can do all that, and more, with I-CubeX sensors ! They can capture a variety of events and signals - see the list below. Wanna get going right away ? Check our StarterPack deal !

Examples

How does it work ?

Sensors are connected to a computer, using one of the following thumb-sized interfaces:

With I-CubeX software you can now configure the sensor interface to process the sensor signals and events, and map them to a variety of MIDI messages as control information for your sound and music equipment. There is a wealth of software and devices that you can use in conjunction with I-CubeX to map the data to audiovisual effects.

For more information about I-CubeX, read the About page.

Sensors

Whole-body motion

• Flash + SeeLaser-Red or SeeLaser-IR: crossing a line of upto at least 10 m length
• MoveAlong: speed and direction of motion within a space, -511°/s to +512°/s upto 5 m within 22° angle
• MoveAround: temperature of 8 objects, 5 m within 41° by 6.0° field of view
• MoveOn: motion (or not) within a space, 2.5 m within 60° angle to 5.0 m within 10° angle
• TapTile: contact force, upto ~ 100 Kg within 30 cm diameter
• ReachClose: distance, 0.05 - 2 m within line of sight
• ReachFar: distance, 1.0 - 5.5 m within line of sight
• Advance-645: distance, 0.152 - 6.45 m without acoustic obstructions

Limb motion

• BendMicro: flex angle upto at least 180° with a min. 5 mm flex radius along 37 mm strip
• BendMini: flex angle upto at least 180° with a minimum 5 mm flex radius along 63 mm strip
• BendShort: flex angle upto at least 180° with a minimum 5 mm flex radius along 87 mm strip
• GForce3D-6: acceleration, upto 6G, and inclination, 360 ° range, both in 3 directions
• Orient3D: pitch, yaw and roll, 360 ° range
• Spin2D-500: angular velocity, upto ± 500 °/s

Proximity, distance

• ReachOn: upto 2 mm from behind a cover
• Magnetic: upto 7 cm with included magnet
• Reach: upto 15 cm from behind a cover
• ReachClose: 0.05 - 2 m within line of sight
• Advance-645: 0.152 - 6.45 m without acoustic obstructions

Touch, slide, turn

• Bang: pickup taps and other impacts applied anywhere on a surface
• TouchMicro-3: contact force upto ~ 40 Kg within 3 mm diameter area
• TouchMicro-5: contact force upto ~ 100 Kg within 5 mm diameter area
• TouchMicro-10: contact force upto ~ 70 Kg within 10 mm diameter area
• TouchMini: contact force upto ~ 100 Kg within 13 mm diameter area
• Touch: contact force upto ~ 100 Kg within 37.5 x 37.5 mm area
• TouchStrip: contact force upto ~ 100 Kg within 13 x 609 mm area
• TouchMiniOn: touch (or not) the button, 10x10 mm
• TouchGlove: glove with TouchMini sensors on each fingertip and palm
• ReachOn: touch (or not) the surface, 30 x 30 mm
• Slide-50: contact position, upto 50 (x 7.0 mm)
• Slide-170: contact position, upto 170 (x 7 mm)
• Slide-500: contact position, upto 500 (x 7.0 mm)
• SlideRound: contact position, upto 360° within a 46/56 mm inner/outer diameter ring)
• SlideWide: contact position, upto 165 (x 160 mm)
• Push: contact position, upto 100 mm
• Push2D: contact position in 2 directions, ± 5 mm
• Turn: rotation, single turn upto 300°

Object manipulation

• GForce3D-6: acceleration, upto 6G, and inclination, 360 ° range, both in 3 directions
• Orient3D: pitch, yaw and roll, 360 ° range
• Spin2D-500: angular velocity, upto ± 500 °/s

Body neurophysiology

• BioBeat: heart contractions such as in an EKG (electro-cardiogram)
• BioEmo: skin resistance or GSR (galvanic skin response)
• BioFlex: muscle tension such as in an EMG (electro-myogram)
• BioWave: brain waves such as in an EEG (electro-encephalogram) and
  eye movement such as in an EOG (electro-oculogram)
• Stretch: in/exhalation