Wearable music interface – Jacket MIDI Controller
This video features Moi from Los Macuanos demonstrating the MIDI Controller Jacket. Then he talks with MACHINA’s electronic artist Leslie Garcia about his conception of interacting with music using the jacket.
Machina plans to sell the jacket in two different colors, with and without the technology, through www.machina.cc.
Experimental II: KORG Monotron on a Bicycle
I wouldn’t want to meet this guy in traffic 
Experimental: Musical Kettle
Here’s a nice experimental noise video from Yuri Zusuki, check it out:
I wanted to contribute to the design of daily domestic noises. alarms, mobile phones, a doorbell; he is of the opinion that not enough thought has been given to the noises they produce. The musical kettle is a part of series ‘re-design soundscape’. As the kettle boils it whistles your favorite tune.
Production assistant Naoki Kawamoto
NOVA DRONE sound and light synth
The Nova Drone is an open source, analog experimental sound and light synth from casperelectronics.
It it can be used to create effects ranging from slowly fading drones to chaotic harmonic sequences.
The Nova Drones offers 9 potentiometers, 9 switches, 6 oscillators, 3 oscillator sync inputs and an epic 15 voltage outputs as well as 3 high current outputs for controlling external LEDs. All of the ins and outs have been routed to a prototyping breadboard at the bottom of the unit which allows for liberal experimentation and development of custom circuits. The prototyping area is especially useful for syncing the oscillators of 2 or more Nova Drones together.
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The NovaDrone has three separate channels which generate sound and control the brightness of the three colors in a tri color LED.
The sound and light come from the SAME electrical signal. You are literally seeing what you hear.
Each channel has:
a TONE pitch knob,
an LFO rate knob and switch,
a VOLUME knob,
2 SYNC switches and an external SYNC input.
The LFO for each channel modulates the LED brightness and audio wave shape. This uses pulse width modulation, or PWM.
The rate of the LFO can be adjusted (using a knob and switch) from around .008 Hz (around 1 cycle every 2 minutes) to 750Hz (750 cycles per second).
The TONE pitch of each channel can be adjusted from 24Hz to 750Hz. It can also be hard synced to the other channels in order to create harmonic overtones. Interesting (crazy) sync feedback loops can be created by syncing one channel to another and then back to the first (for example). This kind of configuration generates bizarre textures and sequences.
Very interesting effects are achieved by syncing the tone oscillator of one channel to the PWM output of another channel. This results in a modulating harmonic sequence.
The VOLUME adjustment controls both the amplitude of sound and brightness of the LED.
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Each channel has the following features:
ADJUSTABLE CONTROLS
-volume
-TONE pitch
-LFO rate
SWITCHES
-sync 1
-sync 2
INPUTS
– ext sync 3
OUTPUTS
-TONE square wave
-TONE triangle wave
-LFO square wave
-LFO triangle wave
-PWM square wave
-High current LED out for off board LEDs.
For more info including ordering info and complete schematics email pete[at]casperelectronics[dot]com or go to
casperelectronics.com
Jordan Rudess’ singing keyboard
Here’s Jordan’s comment about the video:
“After three days of experimentation, I was finally able to make my keyboard sing!”
Experimental instruments through scavenged objects
Enter the plugged-in world of Tim Kaiser, a maker who creates experimental musical instruments from scavenged objects. Tim seeks out unique sounds everywhere he goes plucking chimes out of grandfather clocks and jingle mechanisms from childrens toys. And he doesnt stop there his electronic instruments have to look cool, too. So, Tim houses them in wildly inventive containers. Then meet the musical maverick who inspired him, Harry Partch.
Learn more about Tim Kaiser at http://www.timkaiser.org/.
Dirty Electronics : Athens Video Art Festival Instrument
Dirty Electronics 7-Segment Display – new commission for Athens Video Art Festival, 19 – 20 May.
Talking Resistor Calculator
Quickly Sort Resistors by ear.
Using a Propeller Quickstart & Gadget Gangster Quick Protoboard.
Resonator Neuronium Performance
First Performance with Resonator Neuronium by Jürgen Michaelis and audio controlled visuals by Peggy Syllop
in the Glaslager of Berlinische Galerie during rebuild for the contemporary museum of art photography and architecture.
December 2002, Berlin
Variations II of Variations II
Variations II of Variations II : May 14 – 18 2012
Installation at Integrated Media Studio Valencia CA
by Jinku
Variations II of Variations II is a kinetic sculpture inspired by John Cage’s Variations series. Cage’s Variations II is a graphical composition that generates musical events using measurements of distance between dots and lines on a piece of paper.
In my realization of Variations II, the instructions for the piece determine the behavior of rotating panels and images synchronized to be projected onto the sculpture. Motors drive the rotation of the panels, and are used as a sound source for the audio portion of this piece.
My next goal for this project is a live interactive audiovisual performance. The performers will function as a variable in a feedback loop between performer, sculpture and score.
work in progress
C/C++, Arduino, MaxMSP/Jitter,Stepper Motor
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