via [CDM]
February 19, 2010 by abulafia
jazari – one human, three machines, rhythm
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February 7, 2010 by abulafia
robotic gamelan
A video on Casa da Música’s Robotic Gamelan, developed by myself, José Luís Azevedo and Miguel Ferraz in 2008/09. It started as an evolution of ‘Lula’ – vimeo.com/1379563 . The sound is awful, sorry about that!
A network of several independent robots play some of the javanese gamelan instruments: 2 bonangs, 2 demungs, 3 kenongs, 1 saron, 2 peking and 1 slentem, some gongs and an additional slentem in the near future. This network is controlled by a computer sending serial information using Max/MSP.
In this specific case, all the robots are being played using custom controllers made out of an Ikea salad bowl, an Arduino and two ultrasonic distance sensors.
Robotic Gamelan from Rui Penha on Vimeo.
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January 29, 2010 by abulafia
steam tunnel instrument
courtesy of arw, here’s the steam tunnel beneath the pratt institute being used as a calliope.
Steam Tunnel Music from Geoff Manaugh on Vimeo.
via [bldgblog]
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January 28, 2010 by abulafia
autonomous emotional scottish robot band
Inspired by early 19th century mechanical bands such as the nickelodeon, Cybraphon is an interactive version of a mechanical band in a box.
Consisting of a series of robotic instruments housed in a large display case, Cybraphon behaves like a real band. Image conscious and emotional, the bands performance is affected by online community opinion as it searches the web for reviews and comments about itself 24 hours a day.
A needle oscillates between desolation and delirium, measuring Cybraphon’s happiness as it monitors its popularity in Google, friend invitations on Facebook and comments to its MySpace page.
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January 27, 2010 by abulafia
pat metheny – orchestrion pt. 2
mr. metheny’s put out another video of his work with the robot orchestra. this one goes into more detail, shows more of the robots, talks about how they’re controlled. still pretty cool.
related posts: pat metheny – orchestrion
via [synthtopia]
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January 22, 2010 by abulafia
KarmetiK Machine Orchestra
via [synthtopia]
KarmetiK Machine Orchestra – REDCAT Preview from karmetik on Vimeo.
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January 12, 2010 by abulafia
Music Machines of Tim Kaiser
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December 23, 2009 by abulafia
machine music – Felix’s Machines
[tommansfield] via [synthtopia]
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