Several studies have shown that distance runners can improve their performances by listening to music
during training. Music is said to benefit by both motivating the runner (think Rocky) and helping
them establish a regular metronomic style through the beat of the music. However, music is very rarely of exactly the correct number of beats per minute to provide a perfect match to the runner's natural cadence. The proposal is to rectify this by providing the runner with the means to self-adjust
the tempo of his or her chosen music to a level that feels comfortable during running. One other option is to computer-automate the music tempo to adjust itself to the heart rate of the runner. This project would mainly involve experimental work and data analysis.
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References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_music
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Prequisite:
None.
Signal processing would be useful for music beat automation.
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