Mechanical reproduction of digitized speech on a piano
Possibly the coolest thing I have ever seen. A work by Austrian composer Peter Ablinger. [via Neatorama]
Music
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Cams, Cranks and Computers: New Machines, New Music
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Thomas Bloch plays the glass armonica
This instrument is known both as a “glass harmonica” and a “glass armonica,” and I personally favor the later spelling to distinguish it from the better-known free-reed mouth harp also called a “harmonica.” The tone of a glass armonica is stunningly beautiful; a great 18th-century myth is that the purity of its sound will eventually drive a virtuoso to madness. Thomas Bloch’s website has more info about his work and about the particular custom-built instrument shown here.
Gijs’ latest machine hacks both images and sound
Circuit-bending/music machine-building maestro Gijs Gieskes has posted the details of his latest creation, a synth that uses the SEGA video RAM as an audio source (after it’s been slowed down via a binary counter). Check out his use of magnetic patch bays to switch up the sounds. His tutorial on how to make the patch […]
Spoon box, mashing together a speaker and a drum
Here’s a neat sound sculpture made by The Books. The spoons are animated by playing sounds on a speaker mounted behind them.
Gesture controlled MIDI from an Arduino
This is a gesture controlled MIDI controller I designed and built. It has a tilt sensor which affects to MIDI parameters it is sending out but also the color of the ball. I built several stereotypes to get it work the way I preffered. The pictures are from third generation. I am currently putting together fourth generation with better LEDs.
Theremin cat
The They Might Be Giants love just doesn’t stop over here, check out Theremin Cat by Hine Mizushima for TMBG’s Here Comes Science.
