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Mutantrumpet

Tue, 06/08/2010 - 00:56 — Jon

The mutantrumpet is a hybrid electro-acoustic instrument with three bells, two sets of valves, and a trombone slide.

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Mutantrumpet

Eigenharp Alpha

Mon, 06/07/2010 - 12:06 — Jon

An Interesting new interface with a lot of possibilities and functionality Eigenharp Alpha Details A professional level instrument which allows the musician to play and improvise using a limitless range of sounds with virtuoso skill. The unique design of the keys makes this the most expressive electronic musical instrument ever made.

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Eigenharp Alpha

Acoustic flute, STEIM USB box, arduino

Tue, 06/01/2010 - 11:38 — Jon

Anne La Berge is interested in extending the acoustic flute via various hardware and software in both composed and improvised settings.

Anne La Berge writes —
“I consider the acoustic flute as an integrated part of my controllers. For non acoustic input I use commercial controller pedals and switches connected to a STEIM USB box. I am also building a set of controllers for ensemble players using the arduino which include simple knobs and switches.

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Anne La Berge: acoustic flute, STEIM USB box, arduino

META-EVI, META-EWI

Tue, 06/01/2010 - 11:20 — Jon

The META-EWI and the META-EVI are two musical instruments created from an extensive augmentation of respectively the AKAI EWI3020 wind controller and the Steiner MIDI EVI. Both instruments were expanded with a new set of electronics based on sensor technologies. The main goal of these two projects/instruments consists in achieving performance tools that exhibit truly innovative levels of musical expression that push the level and the meaning of musicianship associated with the player of a monophonic wind instrument to a new plateau of musical complexity.

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META-EVI

Tooka

Tue, 06/01/2010 - 11:15 — Jon

The Tooka is a two person flute. The current version of the Tooka uses two identical sections of hollow flexible tube connected together with a plastic connector to form one continuous tube. At each end is a mouth-piece made from a connector, four buttons and a pressure sensor. The tube’s outside and inside diameters are 1.25” and 1”, respectively, providing a fairly high compliance. When assembled, the Tooka measures 86cm long.

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Tooka Tooka Tooka Diagram

eShofar

Mon, 05/31/2010 - 21:15 — Jon

eShofar1 (2001 – 2005) is held by the right hand, enclosed within an I-Cube sensor glove. Finger movements upon the body of the shofar thus control the filtering and other sound processing, that is achieved by means of a custom designed Max/MSP software interface. The sounds played on the shofar are mic’d, enhanced and transformed by means of digital sound processing. eShofar2 (2005) uses complex algorithms to create a chaotic improvisational system based on the live performed sounds of the shofar.

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eShofar eShofar

Cilia: Flute Controller

Thu, 05/20/2010 - 11:41 — Jon

This instrument has two parts; a physical ‘flute controller’ and software application (Max/MSP). Only its performance gestures are modeled after the Japanese Shakuhachi, its sound world employing complex synthesis, sample manipulation and re-synthesis techniques. It aspires to be both a nuanced ‘event’ controller (like an acoustic instrument) and a ‘process’ controller. Its mouthpiece splits an air column produced using an open emboucher. Control data is derived from an analysis of the split air column’s dynamics.

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Cilia: Flute Controller Cilia: Flute Controller
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