AUMI
Music Improv for Every Body.
Free · Designed for iPad
Motion into sound! AUMI brings a world of music improvisation collaboration to everyone, regardless of their abilities!
Adaptive Use Musical Instruments (AUMI) software interface enables people who have very limited controlled (voluntary) movement to independently engage in music making.
The Adaptive Use Musical Instruments software interface enables the user to play sounds and musical phrases through movement and gestures. This is an entry to improvisation rather than “hitting the right notes” or playing set pieces of music. Instead, the software uses music as a way for participants to express a range of affects, both by themselves and in response to, or in conversation with, others.
While the AUMI interface can be used by anyone, the focus has been on working with people who have profound physical disabilities. In taking these participants as its starting point, the project attempts to make musical improvisation and collaboration accessible to the widest possible range of individuals. This approach also opens up the possibility of learning more about the relations between ability, the body, creativity and improvisation, from within a cultural context that does not always acknowledge or accept people with disabilities.
This iOS version of AUMI runs on devices with cameras, and can run on iPhones, iPod touches, and iPads. A large assortment of sounds can be triggered with configurable amounts of sensitivity. AUMI also can be used as a MIDI controller to access other iOS based synthesizers or external equipment (using the iPad's Camera Connection kit or via Core MIDI over WiFi.)
AUMI can also import audio from other iOS or desktop apps to be used as melodic or percussive instruments.
AUMI can capture a record of the movement in the session, which can be exported and turned into reports in a clinical setting.
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New scales: Jazz minor, chromatic tone row, diatonic tone row, pentatonic tone row
Yankee Doodle, Happy Birthday, Row Your Boat added to Timing patterns.
New Memory timing loops over previous notes. (under development)
New Pose Detector "tracker"
Better searching of sound orders and AUMI Instrument lists
Screen layout changed to look better on tiny iPod Touches (and old iPhones)
"Send silence" to named peer devices
And a bunch of bug fixes
The developer, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Provider
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Size
- 72.8 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 12.4 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 12.4 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 12.4 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 12.4 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Languages
- English and Spanish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2013-2025 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute