<s>
The	O
AudioCubes	B-General_Concept
are	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
wireless	O
intelligent	O
light	O
emitting	O
objects	O
,	O
capable	O
of	O
detecting	O
each	O
other	O
's	O
location	O
and	O
orientation	O
,	O
and	O
user	O
gestures	O
,	O
and	O
were	O
created	O
by	O
Bert	O
Schiettecatte	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
an	O
electronic	O
musical	O
instrument	O
used	O
by	O
electronic	O
musicians	O
for	O
live	O
performance	O
,	O
sound	O
design	O
,	O
music	O
composition	O
,	O
and	O
creating	O
interactive	O
applications	O
in	O
max/msp	B-Application
,	O
pd	B-Language
and	O
C++	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
concept	O
of	O
the	O
AudioCubes	B-General_Concept
was	O
first	O
presented	O
by	O
Bert	O
Schiettecatte	O
in	O
April	O
2004	O
at	O
the	O
CHI2004	O
conference	O
in	O
Vienna	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
first	O
prototype	O
of	O
the	O
AudioCubes	B-General_Concept
was	O
shown	O
at	O
the	O
Museum	O
for	O
Contemporary	O
Art	O
,	O
MUHKA	O
in	O
Antwerp	O
in	O
December	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
AudioCubes	B-General_Concept
were	O
launched	O
on	O
the	O
market	O
and	O
offered	O
online	O
on	O
the	O
Percussa	O
website	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
which	O
Bert	O
Schiettecatte	O
founded	O
in	O
October	O
2004	O
to	O
further	O
develop	O
and	O
commercialize	O
the	O
AudioCubes	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
AudioCube	B-General_Concept
is	O
identical	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
a	O
small	O
built-in	O
computer	O
which	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
measure	O
distances	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
detect	O
the	O
position	O
and	O
location	O
of	O
the	O
other	O
cubes	O
in	O
a	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AudioCubes	B-General_Concept
also	O
work	O
without	O
drivers	O
and	O
communicate	O
using	O
high	O
speed	O
HID	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
AudioCube	B-General_Concept
has	O
four	O
onboard	O
infrared	O
sensors	O
(	O
one	O
on	O
each	O
face	O
)	O
to	O
communicate	O
and	O
measure	O
distances	O
to	O
objects	O
nearby	O
,	O
digital	B-Architecture
signal	I-Architecture
processors	I-Architecture
(	O
DSP	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
USB-rechargeable	O
battery	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
translucent	O
housing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AudioCubes	B-General_Concept
work	O
with	O
any	O
software	O
and	O
hardware	O
which	O
is	O
MIDI	O
compatible	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
FL	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
,	O
Logic	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
,	O
Reason	B-Application
,	O
drum	O
machine	O
,	O
monome	B-Device
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
hook	O
up	O
the	O
AudioCubes	B-General_Concept
to	O
MIDI	O
compatible	O
software/hardware	O
a	O
middleware	O
application	O
,	O
called	O
MIDIBridge	O
,	O
has	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AudioCubes	B-General_Concept
also	O
come	O
with	O
an	O
OSC	O
server	O
to	O
send	O
and	O
receive	O
OSC	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
applications	O
have	O
been	O
created	O
for	O
the	O
AudioCubes	B-General_Concept
,	O
each	O
focusing	O
on	O
a	O
different	O
use	O
:	O
sound	O
design	O
,	O
music	O
composition	O
,	O
live	O
performance	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
creating	O
applications	O
in	O
max/msp	B-Application
,	O
pd	B-Language
and	O
C++	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
PluginWrapper	O
:	O
application	O
to	O
use	O
VST-plugins	O
together	O
with	O
the	O
AudioCubes	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AudioCubes	B-General_Concept
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
send	O
MIDI	O
notes	O
to	O
MIDI	O
compatible	O
software/hardware	O
using	O
MIDIBridge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
two	O
AudioCubes	B-General_Concept
are	O
put	O
next	O
to	O
each	O
other	O
,	O
they	O
detect	O
each	O
other	O
,	O
and	O
triggers	O
are	O
sent	O
as	O
MIDI	O
notes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AudioCubes	B-General_Concept
can	O
also	O
measure	O
distances	O
to	O
nearby	O
objects	O
or	O
your	O
hands	O
when	O
configured	O
as	O
a	O
sensor	O
cube	O
in	O
MIDIBridge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
each	O
cube	O
has	O
4	O
sensors	O
,	O
up	O
to	O
4	O
parameters	O
can	O
be	O
controlled	O
per	O
AudioCube	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
you	O
can	O
also	O
control	O
the	O
RGB	O
colors	O
of	O
the	O
AudioCubes	B-General_Concept
and	O
use	O
this	O
information	O
as	O
feedback	O
during	O
a	O
live	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sensors	O
of	O
the	O
AudioCubes	B-General_Concept
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
shape	O
sounds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
using	O
an	O
AudioCube	B-General_Concept
in	O
this	O
way	O
,	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
compared	O
to	O
a	O
4D	O
optical	O
theremin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AudioCubes	B-General_Concept
can	O
also	O
be	O
linked	O
to	O
LFOs	O
by	O
using	O
the	O
software	O
application	O
Evolvor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
AudioCube	B-General_Concept
is	O
then	O
automatically	O
linked	O
to	O
an	O
LFO	O
,	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
topology	O
detection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LFO	O
signals	O
can	O
be	O
added	O
and	O
removed	O
,	O
by	O
adding	O
and	O
removing	O
AudioCubes	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
signals	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
mixed	O
and	O
matched	O
,	O
by	O
mixing	O
and	O
matching	O
AudioCubes	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
using	O
the	O
Improvisor	O
application	O
,	O
velocity	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
semitone	O
patterns	O
are	O
automatically	O
linked	O
to	O
every	O
AudioCube	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Every	O
AudioCube	B-General_Concept
plays	O
the	O
melody	O
created	O
by	O
both	O
patterns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
way	O
,	O
you	O
can	O
easily	O
compose	O
music	O
by	O
mixing	O
and	O
rearranging	O
AudioCubes	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AudioCubes	B-General_Concept
are	O
an	O
example	O
of	O
a	O
Tangible	O
User	O
Interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
the	O
AudioCubes	B-General_Concept
,	O
Bert	O
Schiettecatte	O
received	O
in	O
2009	O
the	O
prestigious	O
Qwartz	O
Electronic	O
Music	O
Awards	O
in	O
Paris	O
.	O
</s>
