The Central Computer System:
The hub of the work's computer network is a Macintosh G3 Powerbook. The Powerbook receives five types of MIDI controller data--three from the fingers and two from the accelerometer--as well as an audio input from the violinist's microphone. Both the audio and the data are fed into a single application on the Powerbook. This software was created in the Max/MSP environment, and consists of a main software "patch" and several sub-patches.

The Controller Values:
Signals from the index finger's FSR control the operation of a digital delay of the input audio signal, and the third finger's FSR controls the delay time of this digital delay algorithm. Data from the fifth finger's FSR controls the playback and selection of accompaniment material (discussed further below.) The X values from the accelerometer control the wet/dry mix (original signal vs. delayed signal) of the audio, and the Y values control the amount of feedback in the delay algorithm's system.