MusicLab
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Apr. 1, 2022At the heart of MusicLab Copenhagen was a full evening concert of classical music performed by the Danish String Quartet. The musicians wore motion capture suits, eye trackers, and physiological measurement devices. The aim was to study the musicians' interactions and absorption.
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Apr. 1, 2022MusicLab Copenhagen was the result of a two-year-long planning and preparation phase. The project was led by the former postdoctoral fellow Simon H?ffding. Due to the many postponements of the concert, Simon had moved on to a tenured associate professor position at Syddanske Universitet by the end of the project.
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Apr. 1, 2022Around 20 researchers from RITMO and partnering institutions travelled to Copenhagen to take part in the experiment.
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Apr. 1, 2022The team plans the welcome of participants to the concert. The audience also participated in the data collection by filling out forms about their experiences. Audience members were also asked to wear their mobile phones in a chest strap to measure their micromotion patterns.
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Apr. 1, 2022Rigging up a complete motion capture lab in a 19th century concert space is a non-trivial task. Lab engineer Kayla Burnim had planned everything in detail and had even organized a complete test run during MusicTestLab prior to the concert.
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Apr. 1, 2022The Danish String Quartet volunteered to run additional experiments before the concert. Here the research assistants place wireless heart rate sensors on the musicians.
