Instruments of Things

SOMI-1

the sound of me.

become an instrument

Make your movements audible and become music yourself with the SOMI-1 motion sensor wearables for sound control.

SOMI-1 is a MIDI controller that provides performers, musicians and dancers the opportunity of making music via movements. It consists of Bluetooth® motion sensors and a receiver hub.

SOMI-1 comes with user-firendly ready-made soundscapes making it usable for everyone.

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6 sensors simultaneously / 7 different movement parameters per sensor / size adjustable wristbands

bluetooth® 5 / up to 50 meters range / low latency / 0.01 degrees precision

works with any MIDI enabled software or hardware / ready-to-use soundscapes (no pre-knowledge needed)

transmissions under 10ms

The SOMI-1 motion sensors measure movements, tilt angles and accelerations in different directions with market-leading latency and transform them into sound parameters (MIDI parameters) in real-time.

MIDI® Innovation Award:
Best Commercial Hardware Product 2022

Activity: Move the sensor in any direction. The parameter value depends on the velocity.

Tilt the sensor around the X, Y or Z axis. The parameter value depends on the angle.

Accelerate the sensor in the direction of the X, Y or Z axis.

the receiver hub

The motion data of the SOMI-1 sensors is received wirelessly via a custom Bluetooth® 5 based protocol by the SOMI-1 hub, that connects to your music software, hardware or mobile app via USB-C or TRS-MIDI.

– MIDI Interface (USB-MIDI, TRS-MIDI, MIDI Host)
– Connectivity to music software & hardware
– Button to pause sensors and MIDI learn
– Encoder to adjust sensitivity

successfully funded on kickstarter.

used by professional performers, dancers and musicians

Cat Jimenez, Daniel Kohlmeigner and Martin Retschitzegger at the Ars Electronica, Linz

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Performance at the Superbooth Berlin by JakoJako and Annalise “Nana” Van Eve

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SOMI-1 used by the FMKF collective with Franka Marlene Foth as choreographer

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ready-to-use soundscapes

Instruments of Things® offers several ready-to-use preset projects for Ableton Live. These presets are ideal for anyone who wants to use SOMI-1 right away. No settings need to be made. Press play and start making music via movements.

You are waiting for the SOMI-1 smartphone app? Try a free demo version of Ableton Live and use our preset projects! Find more infos in our quick start guide.

an editor for pro settings

The SOMI-1 Editor app provides the ability to change MIDI settings, set up slew limiters, scale individual sensor values, invert parameters, change note ranges, and more. All settings can be saved to the SOMI-1 Hub. Therefore it is not necessary to use the editor for every session.