Guide to Brain-Computer Music Interfacing

by Eduardo Reck Miranda (Editor), Julien Castet (Editor)

This book presents a world-class collection of Brain-Computer Music Interfacing (BCMI) tools. The text focuses on how these tools enable the extraction of meaningful control information from brain signals, and discusses how to design effective generative music techniques that respond to this information. reviews important techniques for hands-free interaction with computers, including event-related potentials with P300 waves; explores questions of semiotic brain-computer interfacing (BCI), and the use of machine learning to dig into relationships among music and emotions; offers tutorials on signal extraction, brain electric fields, passive BCI, and applications for genetic algorithms, along with historical surveys; describes how BCMI research advocates the importance of better scientific understanding of the brain for its potential impact on musical creativity; presents broad coverage of this emerging, interdisciplinary area, from hard-core EEG analysis to practical musical applications.

331 pages, Hardcover

First published November 14, 2014

Reviews

[Tavo · Rating 5 out of 5]

A complete overview of the technologies used to control or act on music with a BCI. Shows a bit of history and a bit of math which makes the work easy to understand but not too technical.