Musicians looking for a way to add extra effects to
their music while playing instruments, may be interested in a new wearable
wireless MIDI ring created by French company Enhancia. The MIDI ring will be
officially launching later this year as a Kickstarter campaign during March
2018, but was showcased in the recent CES 2018 technology show.
The MIDI ring has been designed to communicate with
a master control hub that connects to your computer and not only charges your
ring when not in use but allows you to map gestures which can then trigger
affects as you play. The system comes with a stand-alone piece of software
together with a plug-in that is supported by a wide range of already available
music software such as Ableton, Logic and Digital Audio Workstation to name a
few.
The technology incorporated into the MIDI ring
enables the device to track three specific hand movements that can be mapped to
certain effects. By default a slight hand wobble adds vibrato, a slow tilt back
and forth for pitch bend, and a tilt forward will enable a low pass filter,
says the Verge who were able to see a demonstration of the MIDI ring at this
years CES 2018 technology event.
Unfortunately, no information on pricing or
worldwide availability has been released as yet ahead of the Kickstarter
campaign, but as soon as information comes to light, we will keep you updated
as always.
