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LOOPFREE


LOOPFREE

 

 

WINNER 2019 | CATEGORY: 3.4 SOCIAL & CULTURE
BETTER SOUND 2019 | CATEGORIES: 1. PRODUCT, 2. RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT,
3.3 UNIVERSAL DESIGN

 

ENTRANT

LOOPFREE

 

ABSTRACT

Loopfree is a wireless button control system for music software Ableton Live
that allows a musician to freely loop sounds in live performance without needing
to use a mouse, keyboard or touchscreen. It was developed in collaboration with
Tim Palm, a Disabled musician who can’t use his hands or feet to control his
instruments in the traditional way.
 

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Loopfree is a wireless button control system for music software ‘Ableton Live’
that allows a musician to ‘freely loop’ sounds in live performance without
needing to use a mouse, keyboard or touchscreen. It was developed as part of the
MTFLab program at Music Tech Fest Stockholm in September 2018 at KTH. It is a
collaboration between Tim Palm (aka DJ Arthro), Vahakn Matossian and Tim Yates.

It was developed specifically for Disabled musician Tim Palm, to give him more
freedom and flexibility of musical expression when he performs. Palm isn’t able
to use his hands, arms and legs to control his instruments in the traditional
way. Instead he uses his nose, tongue and lips. This has been very successful
for him in general, but there have been significant limitations to how he could
control the looping functionality of his software. In particular the timing
constraints in using a looping system with ableton live.

Loopfree releases him from those constraints by providing a wireless four button
interface specifically designed with his access needs in mind, meaning that he
can improvise in real time, free from wires, touchscreens and creative barriers.
This complex integration with a simple and adaptable design opens up the world
of live looping not only for Tim, but for everyone.

The system has been designed with adaptability in mind, meaning that a variety
of different physical interfaces could be used with the same functionality. For
example a guitarist can put the interface on the body of the guitar, or a person
in wheelchair can put the buttons wherever needed, being perhaps the neck, elbow
or feet. The only limiting factor is the imagination.

We’re convinced that this project will be useful for many musicians both with
and without access issues and so we’re exploring routes to commercialising it.
These include creating complete packaged versions or spin- off technologies that
might appeal to a wider market. There’s also the possibility of making DIY kits
for people to adapt the technology to their own accessibility requirements.

Subsequent to its initial development, loopfree went on with the prestigious KTH
Innovation Music Tech Challenge and we’ve been exploring potential possibilities
for the project since then.
 

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