During the course of this thesis project, I will develop a new electronic musical instrument that combines the expressive possibilities of large-scale human body motions with the sonic flexibility of computer-based synthesis into an intuitive live performance tool. Through frequent user-testing, a review of research in the field of New Instruments for Musical Expression, and specific attention to a disciplined creative process, this thesis will also investigate and comment on the relationships between tools and the work they are used to produce as well as the process a toolmaker goes through to develop an instrument.
I started working on this project as a sketch for Performing Technology last semester. It turned into my final project. You can look at the background information here.