University of Southampton have developed a new way to generate music

Researchers Group at the University of Southampton have developed a new way to generate music and control computers. EnricoCostanza, Researcher of the university's electronics and computer science department, who launched Audio d-touch, said, “Grab a block and add a base beat, turn a block to speed up the high hat, and we have a new way to generate music through controlling the Our computer.” New way to generate Audio d-touch, based on EnricoCostanza research on tangible user interfaces (TUIs), offers physical control in the world of computers with new technology. dtouch uses a standard computer and a web cam also. Using simple computer vision techniques, physical blocks are tracked on a printed board with new technology. The position of the blocks then determines how the computer samples and reproduces sound in computer. “As more of our world moves into the electronic records to mp3s and books to eBooks---we loose the satisfying richness of touching physical objects like paper and drumsticks,” He added EnricoCostanza in an institute release, adding, “Our Audio d-touch system allows people to set up and use tangible interfaces in their own homesand also @ offices or music recording studios,” further He added, EnricoCostanza. “This is the first time such a free dtouch application has been developed,” he added. TUIs are an alternative to virtual worlds. Human computer interaction researchers Group are investigating ways to move away from the online, purely digital world and rediscover the richness of our sense of touch. All that is needed is a regular computer equipped with a webcam and a printer.