Jamming Gear is a concept gadget allowing you to control music through the tangible arrangement of gears. Each corresponding music loop is played in full with each complete rotation of a single gear.
(collaboration with Kenichiro Saigo)
“The Machines invite an audience to share the experience of their creator. He aims to exploit the complexity found behind the workings of most digital music and present it as a more accessible equivalent. These Machines do not intend to match human potential. Instead they exist to test the advantages of mechanical instruments alone.”
Sonic Wire Sculptor turns your 3D drawing into sound.
The Sonic Wire Sculptor is one of several works that the musician Amit Pitaru made around 2003 to explore basic conenctions between sound and visuals. Now available as an iphone app.
Length and vertical position show the velocity, the stripe’s width reflects the length of each note.
Notes belonging to one specific tonality always get colors from one specific area of the color wheel.
9 big green buttons assignable via midi/keystrokes, used for ableton as clip launcher or drum pad.
ingredients: 1 usb gamepad, 1 green LED, 9 arcade buttons, 2 meters of wire, some wood.
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