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Pendulum The movement of a pendulum is tracked by a spiral of 64 sensors. When the pendulum passes above a sensor, a sound unique to that sensor is triggered. As the pendulum tracks to and fro, repeating sequences of notes are revealed, but these motifs are in a constant state of change. As the pendulum slows, the time gap between sound events lengthens (the sounds also become softer). As the range of the pendulum's movement decays, sound events are lost from the sequence but new sound events can also be gained as the circling movement of the pendulum contracts to include sensors closer to the centre of the spiral. This installation of the pendulum took place at Direct Wine Shipments in Belfast and featured the sounds of a Javanese gamelan. |
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Gyroscope The Gyroscope tracks rotational movement of the ball and transmits the data to a laptop which interprets the movement as sound gestures. Both orientation and speed of rotation are tracked. Orientation tranlates to what particular sounds will be played back. Speed of rotation is interpreted as loudness and brightness of tone. |
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Light Sensor Box Five light sensors control the parameters of first granular synthesis applied to recordings of a classical guitar and then FM synthesis. (Classical guitar recordings courtesy of Greg Caffrey, thanks!) |
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Laser Harp Prototype for a low cost laser harp. This only has two strings but it responds to playing dynamics and also allows strings to be damped. |
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Music Labyrinth Switches are constructed within a labyrinth using tin foil and a ball bearing. The intention here is to explore the relationship between play and musical improvisation and to conceive melodic invention as analogous to exploration and route finding. This is a very small and rough and ready prototype intended just to test the design concept. |