Interface[s] Montréal

Digital Sound

Nathanaël Lécaudé, Elliot Sinyor

Consultants, Infusion Systems

I-CubeX, the art of sensing

View the presentation [In French]

Infusion Systems develops and manufactures the “I-CubeX”, a hardware and software environment for building eg.
-control surfaces (e.g. control panels with knobs and buttons) ;
-responsive rooms (e.g. rooms with various kinds of motion detectors) ;
-Des objets interactifs ;
-interactive objects and toys ;
-instrumented clothing to capture body movements and parameters.

The I-CubeX is specifically designed for control of data with multimedia content such as synthesized or processed sound, animated graphics, processed images, video streams, pictures etc. The I-CubeX is used world-wide by teachers, researchers and artists in academic and industrial labs as well as hobbyists working with digital media. The I-CubeX product line offers functionality and flexibility for a price that is unique to the market.

The I-CubeX comprises various types of digitizers, sensors, actuators and accessories. A digitizer converts analog signals from sensors to MIDI formatted digital computer data. The MIDI format enables control of a various media. The digitizer and proprietary sensors are configured by proprietary software, running on Mac or PC. The software configures sophisticated signal processing methods available in the digitizer firmware. Digitizers are available in palm-size format, with wireless data transmission and with upto 32 channels. The available sensors can capture almost any kind of human movement imaginable.
The Wi-microDig
Two sensors used to simulate a Theremin

Nathanaël Lécaudé is a student at the Faculté de musique de l’université de Montréal where he specializes in the field of music technologies. He also works for Infusion Systems, where he is in charge of communications and promotion.

Elliot Sinyor recently completed his masters studies in music technology at McGill’s Schulich School of Music. Before that he earned a bachelors degree in computer engineering also at McGill. He works at Infusion Systems as a sensor circuit designer, and as a collaborator in various digital art projects.