Laetitia Sonami / Bert Bongers / STEIM
Laetitia Sonami lady’s glove V
Hand and arm gesture control of live electronic music
Price not verified
BioControl Systems
BioControl BioMuse (1990 system)
HistoricalSurface muscle signals as musical control input.
Price not verified
Original BioMuse rack processor, cable and eight-channel belt breakout. Photograph published by performer Atau Tanaka in his firsthand hardware account.
- Wearable electrodes and interface require the external rack processor; not a self-contained wearable.
- Wet-gel electrodes differ from later dry-electrode BioFlex versions.
- Musical control interface, not a diagnostic or clinical recommendation.
Key details
- Designed for
- Surface muscle signals as musical control input ↗
PRICES & AVAILABILITY
Prices & availability
No verified price in this audit.
Historical commercially developed biosignal instrument with documented physical performer setups. No current stock or exact historical complete-system price verified.
Historical commercially developed biosignal instrument with documented physical performer setups. No current stock or exact historical complete-system price verified.
Prices are snapshots, not a live stock feed. Taxes, shipping, prescription lenses and accessories can change the total.
Specifications
- Designed for
- Surface muscle signals as musical control input ↗
- Form factor
- Arm/head electrode bands and belt breakout connected to an external processor ↗
- Generation
- Original1990 system; later BioFlex hardware excluded from these specifications ↗
- Channels
- Eight EEG/EMG biosignal inputs ↗
- Electrodes
- Medical wet-gel electrode triplets at each channel ↗
- Body Interface
- Bands retain electrodes against the skin; belt-mounted breakout ↗
- Processor
- External two-unit19-inch rack processor with Texas Instruments TMS320 DSP ↗
- Output
- User-programmable MIDI event and control stream ↗
- Performer Configuration
- Atau Tanaka describes four EMG channels in his original performance configuration ↗
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€2,699 EUR≈ $3,018 USDEU · Store price · Stock and delivery not verified
Price details
≈ $3,018 USDECB 2026-10-12
Pair of Gloves, S/M/L; excludes separate left/right offers
Checked 2026-10-12. New improved design pre-order with manufacturer planned December2026 delivery. EUR2699 displayed in fetched currency configuration; duties/taxes may apply. Delivery not independently confirmed.
Price source ↗THE COMMUNITY
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