h a l f b a k e r yI like this idea, only I think it should be run by the government.
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Musical Shoes
"Our next couple will be dancing/playing the Blue Danube" | |
Pressure sensitive sensors in the shoes respond to the
dancer's movements by wirelessly triggering various
orchestra sounds that are running in a pre-programmed
sequence and played through the dance hall sound
system.
So for the Blue Danube for instance, the man's heel unit
might trigger
the opening lower notes played by the
string
section answered by the woman's toes tapping out the
flute
response part. (man, man, man, man, man - girl, girl -
girl
girl) etc. The heel would trigger lower sounds like
bassoons and oboes, the toes high sounds like flutes and
violins, the middle sole would play stuff in between.
Although the actual music would be pre-programmed,
the
dancers would be playing it with their dance moves. Slow
waltzes would be played by sliding the feet across the
floor
while more percussive, staccato tunes would be played
with a more flamenco or tap dancing style.
This only taken to the next level
http://www.youtube....watch?v=1TmIa9RbhPM
[doctorremulac3, Dec 21 2011]
You can use these shoes
http://www.youtube....watch?v=yyFL_ZKgTaQ
Courtesy of Japanese breaks band Hifana [theleopard, Dec 21 2011]
Sound effects triggered if you missed a step
http://www.youtube....watch?v=AfcaRdfyvnM
[doctorremulac3, Dec 21 2011]
Or better yet...
http://www.youtube....8O4&feature=related
Off time triggers play the song in out of tune tuba and trombone [doctorremulac3, Dec 21 2011]
And when this song starts playing...
http://www.youtube....UYQ&feature=related
It's your cue to leave the stage. [doctorremulac3, Dec 21 2011]
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[+] but I have experience with that sort of thing (not shoes), it relies on the wearer having an absolute sense of timing in order to sound good. |
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Exactly. It would be something pretty cool to
watch
if they did it right. If they screwed up, it would
sound as bad as it looked. |
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It'd be like walking a musical tightrope or tap
dancing
through a mine field. |
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If you wanted to make it more interesting, you
could have goofy sound effects play when they
danced a mis-cue. Buzzers, whoopie cushion
sounds, cartoonish effects. One second you're
dancing the Viennese Waltz, the next you hopping
around in a Warner Brothers cartoon. (see link) |
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BTW, for the audio engineers out there: I'm
talking about the pressure sensitive switches on
the shoes sending pressure dependent variable
voltage to the key in trigger on multiple noise
gates on a multi track audio recording. 3 channels
per shoe, 6 in all per person and 12 for a pair of
dancers. That should be enough tracks to put on a
nice concert. |
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You could also have the gate decay slowly so you
wouldn't get too much of a hard switched on / off
effect unless that's what the song called for. |
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