Getting Started with MUGIC 2

Event Recap: Saturday, February 22, 2025 | 11:00 AM PST

We were thrilled to feature Professor Blake Harrison Lane and Ph.D. student Nolan Miranda as our spotlight MUGIC power users. Following their presentations, MUGIC Founder Mari Kimura gave a live demonstration of her starter MUGIC Max Patches, showcasing how MUGIC continues to expand the boundaries of music and motion technology.

G. Blake Harrison Lane

G. Blake Harrison-Lane is a composer, audio engineer, and enactor based at Oregon State University. His work bridges traditional musical forms and emerging music technologies. His current research explores Cross-Domain Notation—a meta-notation system that captures conceptual domains in performance—and sensor-based music composition.

In his performance of Bon Iver’s “Creeks”, Blake used MUGIC as a real-time vocal harmonizer, modulating between harmonies by mapping them to the vertical position of his hand. With this approach, gesture and sound become one.

Blake’s favorite part about MUGIC? The portability. "I don’t have to bring any instruments—just a mic and the sensors," he says.

Interested in collaborating? Reach out to Blake at harrisgb@oregonstate.edu.

Nolan Miranda

Nolan Miranda is a creative coder whose work lives at the intersection of music technology, collaborative improvisation, audiovisual design, and game-like interaction. He frequently blends SuperCollider and Unity to build environments where players can create music together through interactive play.

In his latest project for the Composing for Sensor seminar, Nolan designed a game built around the prisoner's dilemma. One player can “JOLT” to change the visual; another can “JOLT” to change the color. But if both “JOLT” at the same time? The game locks—and everyone loses.

Another standout from Nolan was his humorous and inventive MUGIC ‘duck spitting’ game, a perfect example of how he uses fun and interactivity to foster connection and creativity.