MobileMuse: Integral Music Control Goes Mobile

This paper describes a new interface for mobile music creation, the MobileMuse, that introduces the capability of using  physiological  indicators  of  emotion  as  a  new  mode  of interaction.   Combining  both  kinematic  and  physiological measurement in a mobile environment creates the possibility of integral music control—the use of both gesture and emotion to control sound creation—where it has never been possible before.  This paper will review the concept of integral music control and describe the motivation for creating the MobileMuse, its design and future possibilities.