Ferris University College of Music, Department of Musical Arts, Associate Professor, Sound Design Seminar
Born in 1987. Various activities around sound & music. His research interests include sound design, interactive design of electronic musical instruments and collaborative musical expression environments for musical novices. CV
センサ開発企業タッチエンスとサウンドデザイナー中西宣人が共同開発した音楽機材”CMG:THE CELL MUSIC GEAR”。
CMGは柔らかい3Dタッチパッドを搭載したミュージックギアです。
CMG:The Cell Music Gear is the music tool co-developed by Instrument designer Nakanishi & sensor company Touchence.
CMG is the music gear with soft 3D touch pad.
CMG has the soft tactile sensor “ShokacPot™” inside at 4X4 grid. Because of these sensors, 3D touch pad which can detect pressure information on top of 2D surface touch information just like touch panel, is realized.
You can not only express pitch, loudness, timbre, etc. by 3D controlling but also enjoy various style of performance such as guitar, effector of synthesizer, DJ controller, etc.
“TRI=NITRO” is a music app using iOS sensors (magnet, accelerometer, brightness and compass).
It has a wireless communication function that synchronizes musical scale and BPM between multiple iOS devices.
Logo Design: siranon
(Yoshihito NAKANISHI, Yuta TASHIRO and Yoko SUGAI, “An attempt to improve ensemble guidance (by the collaboration of special support education school teachers and a musical instruments developer)”(tentative title in English), Japanese Journal of Music Education Practice vol. 12 no. 2 (in Japanese), pp.100-107, 2015.)
An interactive synthesizer, “POWDER BOX” is equipped with sensor-based replaceable interfaces, which enable participants to discover and select their favorite playing styles of musical instruments during a musical session. In addition, it has a wireless communication function that synchronizes musical scale and BPM between multiple devices. “POWDER BOX” provides novice participants with opportunities to experience a cooperative music performance.
[1] Yoshihito NAKANISHI, Seiichiro MATSUMURA and Chuichi ARAKAWA, “POWDER BOX: An Interactive Synthesizer with Sensor Based Replaceable Interface”, In Proceedings of the 2014 Virtual Reality International Conference (VRIC’14), Article No. 35 , 2014.
[2] Yoshihito NAKANISHI, Seiichiro MATSUMURA and Chuichi ARAKAWA, “POWDER BOX: An Interactive Device with Sensor Based Replaceable Interface For Musical Session,” In Proceedings of 2013 Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME’13), pp.373-376, 2013.
A stand-alone synthesizer, “B.O.M.B.” allows performers to control the pitch, timbre, and volume by single-handed interaction. In addition, it has a wireless communication system that synchronizes musical scale and tempo (BPM) between multiple devices. Performers can change master/slave role between performers immediately. Our primary motivation is to provide both musicians and non-musicians with opportunities to experience a collaborative electronic music performance.
[1] Yoshihito Nakanishi, Seiichiro Matsumura, and Chuichi Arakawa, “B.O.M.B. – Beat Of Magic Box -: Stand-Alone Synthesizer Using Wireless Synchronization System For Musical Session and Performance”, In Proceedings of 2014 Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME’14), pp.80-81, 2014
[2] Yoshihito NAKANISHI, Seiichiro MATSUMURA and Chuichi ARAKAWA, “POWDER BOX: An Interactive Device with Sensor Based Replaceable Interface For Musical Session,” In Proceedings of 2013 Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME’13), pp.373-376, 2013.
[3] Yoshihito NAKANISHI and Chuichi ARAKAWA, “B.O.M.B. -Beat Of Magic Box- Interactive Session Device Using Wireless Communication System”, In Proceedings of 2012 Conference on NICOGRAPH International 2012, pp.200-201, 2012.
