College - Author 1
College of Engineering
Department - Author 1
Electrical Engineering Department
Degree Name - Author 1
BS in Electrical Engineering
College - Author 2
College of Engineering
Department - Author 2
Electrical Engineering Department
Degree - Author 2
BS in Electrical Engineering
Date
6-2020
Primary Advisor
Art MacCarley, College of Engineering, Electrical Engineering Department
Abstract/Summary
One of the greatest challenges for aspiring musicians is the amount of practice and commitment required to become fluent in a traditional instrument. Taken a step further, individuals who have impaired motor skills may be incapable of even executing the physical demands required to practice one. While this device does not create notes directly from a user's brain waves, exploring and designing EEG based musical hardware capable of using a person’s thoughts to control musical devices could pave the way for greater advances. It can also open many doors into psycho-acoustic research, treating the mind's response to hearing music and playing music as a form of neural feedback. Either way, an affordable and convenient EEG system that can interface easily with other musical systems pushes forward a field which has only recently begun garnering attention.
URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/eesp/501