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sunday newsletter
a designboom.com publication
October 2011, 16
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every sunday we choose a topic from the vast archive of designboom,
today: musical instruments
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poietic studio: floating orchestra
published 10.09.11
the sound of the electronic orchestra is controlled by the height of nineteen plastic balls as they levitate above an air compressor.
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dodecaudion gesture-based electronic music
published 09.09.11
the spatial audiovisual controller allows artists to perform live electronic music using expressive gestures and movement of whole body, instead of pushing buttons and turning knobs.
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d-touch DIY audio sequencer + drum machine
published 09.07.11
the audio sequencer and drum machine functions via webcam tracking of printable markers that users can paste onto any small object, enabling the realtime recording and looping of tracks.
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ronald van der meijs: parthenocarp
published 09.04.11
resembling an oversized hurdy-gurdy, the mechanical instrument changes its tones based on the growth of cucumbers, to which the device's strings are attached.
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paz brouk: glass bell instrument
published 08.10.11
the instrument creates its unusual sound from the movement and interaction of materials as users shift and tilt a water-filled glass bowl along a hanging rope.
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axel boman and the radioactive orchestra
published 06.29.11
the 'radioactive orchestra' converts the gamma energies of decaying materials into sound frequencies. the project website invites users to explore the data and create their own 'radioactive' musical compositions.
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air guitar move
published 06.20.11
the motion sensing pick turns an iPhone into a guitar, playable by air-strumming the pick while following along with games or fingering chords on the phone itself.
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LEGO ukulele
published 05.30.11
made entirely of LEGO bricks, the 'alto ukulele' utilizes LEGO worm gears to tune the instrument to C-F-A-D.
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akko golenbeld: stadsmuziek
published 04.17.11
a scale model of the city of eindhoven is transformed into the role of the recorder as each building - unique in size, shape and proximity to others - creates the musical score.
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nu desine: alphasphere
published 03.31.11
each of the 48 pressure-sensitive pads on 'alphasphere' can be programmed to correspond to a different sound, and then manipulated in various ways simply through touch. UK-based nu desine is currently seeking funding to mass produce the prototype, which brings the tactility of musical instruments to the live mixing and creation of electronic music.
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yuri suzuki: urushi musical interface
published 11.29.10
'urushi musical interface' is a collaboration between yuri suzuki and british composer and musician matthew rogers. the two worked together to produce a logically functional circle patterned keyboard that allows one to understand musical codes very easily.
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rhea jeong: pablo's heart 01
published 11.26.10
'pablo's heart-01' (pb-01) is a next generation electronic sampler which experiments with sound through different mediums.
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