MidiFly

MidiFly®, coupled with a computer and infrared camera, is a sophisticated system that is used to drive sounds and images.
It’s a useful tool in neurorehabilitation and can be a key component in the relationship
with the patient inside a classic music-therapy setting.
Due to its simple interface and special characteristics, MidiFly® can be used both for “stand-alone” sound production and for a “conversation in sound” between operator and patient, by means of its “mirroring” function.
Because of the many customizations of the virtual grid, MidiFly® provides several operating opportunities, making it well suited for the task it was created.
MidiFly® improves the patient’s relationship skills and quality of life by developing his or her creative potential through alternative communication based on virtual sounds and images.

There are some instruments in the world that use the use of only hands without the help of supports (not rings, helmets, bracelets, etc.), such as the Theremin (radio frequencies) and the Soundbeam (ultrasound) but none of them can boast of having mirroring, essential for the use of therapist / patient. The MidiFly® instead allows the creation of a therapist/patient sound dialogue with the simple presence of two people facing each other, moving both hands. It is also a scalable software, in the sense that it allows any type of sound, any type of sound combination and whose virtual grid can be modified at will from 2X2 to 8X8 in the measure of one meter by one meter per meter, right in front of your body.

The MidiFly® was born as a playful entertainment tool. Its characteristics (in particular the “mirrorig”) allow it to be a perfect medical supervision for the use of therapist / patient, thus giving a turning point to the field of Music Therapy, which requires adequate technical supports for the new challenges. In particular, this instrument can also be used by the families of the autistic disabled. This kind of invention was allowed to me by the fact that I deepened the subject. In fact, I have a Specialized Degree in Clinically In Music Therapy and I am specialized in the Serious Cerebrolesions Acquired . I thought that a half-playful and half-medical tool can generate a good plus value for our society, moreover in this period in difficulty due to the absence of adequate social shock absorbers.