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Fan + Walkman = Turntable
Nice idea using a few simple and cheap components. More info on the project homepage.
November 23, 2011 -
Culture Lab Visit + Waves VJ
I visited the Newcastle Culture Lab in Newcastle last week to work on a set of Cultural probes with Madeline Balaam as part of the PATINA project (more info about the probes…
June 16, 2011 -
codebending
CodeBending looks like a lot of fun, especially with the patching and arcade buttons…[illucia project homepage]
May 14, 2011 -
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]
June 18, 2010 -
Novation Launchpad Patches
A couple of patches by Sebastian Tomczak (LittleScale) show how Novation’s Launchpad can be used for other purposes. I’m looking forward to getting one to try these out! little-scale: Novation Launchpad: Waveform…
November 26, 2009 -
Hawtin’s Traktor Setup
Richie Hawtin’ Traktor setup via ResidentAdvisor Interesting video of how Richie Hawtin sets up a four-deck mix. This is relevant to the mapping problem in tangible interface research, and how to use…
November 23, 2009 -
Paper and Pen Instrument
Nice video by Charlie North that combines some of the main elements of my PhD – Sketching, Interaction Design, Tangible Interfaces and Music. I particularly like the way that the scrunching up…
September 7, 2009 -
Metal Drone Instrument
Nice video on a very physical musical interface. We were aiming for this kind of thing when we designed the DAMPER (also known as the Edgetrimmer).via: Make: Online : Tristan Shone’s Dub…
September 4, 2009 -
David Merrill’s Siftables
Spotted David Merrill’s Siftables project in the New Scientist yesterday, then came across this talk he gave at TED. I like the idea of using the Siftables as a music controller/instrument, but…
February 26, 2009 -
Rhythm Ring
The Rhythm Ring is an interesting project by Brian Yung & Hanson Jiang (of Cornell University) that was partly inspired by my BeatBearing project. In their own words: “The Rhythm Ring interactive…
June 24, 2008