{"id":126138,"date":"2021-09-20T08:19:51","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T13:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/?p=126138"},"modified":"2021-09-20T08:19:51","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T13:19:51","slug":"instruments-of-things-intros-somi-1-gestural-music-controller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2021\/09\/20\/instruments-of-things-intros-somi-1-gestural-music-controller\/","title":{"rendered":"Instruments Of Things Intros SOMI-1 Gestural Music Controller"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SOMI-1 \u2013 the sound of me.\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GI8wJ1w71WA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Instruments Of Things<\/strong> has launched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/instrumentsofthings\/somi-1-turn-your-movements-into-sound\">a Kickstarter project<\/a> to fund production of <strong>SOMI-1<\/strong>, a wireless gestural sensor system for translating movement into sound.<\/p>\n<p>The Bluetooth sensors are designed to be be worn on the wrists and ankles, &#8220;turning the user into an instrument.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Each SOMI-1 sensor provides eight different motion parameters that can be used independently to control or trigger sound. The sound can either be generated via the SOMI-1 smartphone app, which offers several different sound presets, or by any instrument or music software that is compatible with MIDI.<\/p>\n<p>The motion data of the SOMI-1 sensors is received wirelessly via Bluetooth 5 by the SOMI-1 hub, that connects to your sound source via USB or TRS-MIDI. Up to six sensors can be used simultaneously with a single SOMI-1 hub.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>8 different movement parameters per sensor<\/li>\n<li>Easy usage, no need of musical or technical pre-knowledge<\/li>\n<li>Smartphone app as sound source<\/li>\n<li>Connectivity to music software &amp; hardware as sound source<\/li>\n<li>Hub with MIDI interface (USB &amp; TRS)<\/li>\n<li>Wireless via Bluetooth 5<\/li>\n<li>Up to 6 sensors simultaneously<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Pricing and Availability<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A <strong>SOMI-1<\/strong> system, with SOMI-1 Receiver &amp; 2\u00d7 SOMI-1 Motion Sensors is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/instrumentsofthings\/somi-1-turn-your-movements-into-sound\">available<\/a> to project backers for about $444.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Crowdfunded projects involve risk. See the project <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/instrumentsofthings\/somi-1-turn-your-movements-into-sound\/risks\">site<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instruments Of Things has launched a Kickstarter project to fund production of SOMI-1, a wireless gestural sensor system for translating movement into sound.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2021\/09\/20\/instruments-of-things-intros-somi-1-gestural-music-controller\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Instruments Of Things Intros SOMI-1 Gestural Music Controller<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":126140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[44,10],"tags":[31932,33076],"class_list":["post-126138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-controllerism","category-midi-controllers","tag-gestural-music-controller","tag-instruments-of-things"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/instruments-of-things.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126138"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126141,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126138\/revisions\/126141"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}