Velosynth!
This project combines two things I love – synths and bikes. Awesome idea!
More info at velosynth.com
45s BeatBearing Demo
A quick (45 second) BeatBearing demonstration I put together for use in my viva presentation.
Carbon Turntable Sequencer
Liking the look of this turntable sequencer by Daniel Skoglund. There’s some more of his music on his myspace page (“kretsar” has a nice pops’n’clicks ambient vibe).
[via: Synthtopia]
Rotary Tangible Sequencer
This is a great project. Sticking magnets on to a baked-ban can allows you to program beats and arpeggios. I was thinking of making a rotary version of the BeatBearing at one point. Glad to see that something similar has been made! Blurb from youtube video below:
One empty baked bean tin, some lego and a stack of little magnets… stick magnets on the tin and slide them about to ‘program’ the sequencer, then grab hold of the ‘transport control’ and crank away…. The breadboard contains 5 hall-effect switches and a PIC16F688 to generate MIDI note on/off information. This is piped to Reason in the first half of the clip and to a Dave Smith Mopho synth in the second half.
I reckon with a baked bean tin about 16ft in diameter and about 25,000 magnets you could dump your sequencer software.. and you’d be getting some good aerobic exercise to boot :o)
[via:Synthtopia]
Ultrasound Holography
Interesting use of ultrasound to add a form of haptic feedback to a holographic display. The raindrop demo looks interesting, shame there doesn’t seem to be any sound!
Spotted on: TAT – Mobile User Interface Blog: Touchable Holography
BeatBearing on UTV
Download small version – same as above (9MB)
Download full size version – (65MB)
There is also an online article.
Thanks to the UTV crew (shown above) for doing the interview – Sinead Johnson, Gary Mawhinney, Ashley Harris and Brian Newman. This was my first interview for television, and they did a great job of making it less nervewracking than I thought it may be!
Arduino controlled DAC (& 303)
Robin Price, a colleague in the SARC PhD lab (and co-conspirator in making acid-house & improv) has started a new blog documenting his work. Currently the blog shows his work on making an Arduino-controlled DAC, allowing you to send smooth (non-PWM) voltages into your 303, x0x-box, or other voltage controlled synth. The video demo is shown above, and the blog can be found here:
http://registeringdomainnamesismorefunthandoingrealwork.com/blogs/
BeatBearing demo at NordiCHI’08
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This shows the interactive demo of the BeatBearing at NordiCHI’08. The paper that accompanied the demo can be downloaded from:
http://www.sarc.qub.ac.uk/~pbennett/publications.htm
Thanks to everyone who played the BeatBearing in the video!