One of the things that needs to be decided is the technology used for input – recognizing movement of the performer. There is number of project that I was considering as a starting point: Wekinator – integrated environment of control interface, intelligent mapping, gesture recognition and simple synthesis. It sounds like a ready-to-use project, however …
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Looking at the history of couple musical instruments turned out to be very inspiring for my small research. After Jeremy Montagu: Musical instruments evolve over time. They change to be louder, easier or more comfortable to play. And music written for every instrument reflects this instrument’s capabilities at certain point in time. Music in a …
[ Continue Reading... ]Rough time plan for realisation of Mechainstrument: Week 1 (03/28) – overview Week 2 (04/04) – research/try/decide on hand position reading method (proximity sensors, video tracking, magnetic field…?) Week 3 (04/11) – research/try/decide on mechanical instrument part (types of robotic instruments created, drums, strings etc.) Week 4 (04/18) – start fabrication… Week 5 (04/25) – …
[ Continue Reading... ]This category is devoted to documenting my final project for Mechatronic Art class at DXARTS. I want to create a hybrid electro-acoustic (-mechanical) instrument, controlled in a non-contact way with hands. I want it to generate sounds with various levels of musical complexity – from single events to large scale gestures, maintaining realtime control over …
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