Category: Greg Shakar
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Reading, You
Allison Ye A biodata composition generated in real time. http://vimeo.com/allisonye Description A heart rate monitor connects to each musician and the serial data feeds into Max/MSP, signaling the chair light interface which acts as the composition for each musician to play. Classes New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Designing for Digital Fabrication
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Wooden TouchPads
T.K. Broderick The Wooden.TouchPads are wooden drums with added melodic and rhythmic functionality with the use of gated sine waves and noise. http://www.tkbroderick.com/nime.html Description The Wooden TouchPad is both an acoustic instrument and an audio controller. Drum pads and trackpads are a great way to access a huge collection of sounds and trigger various media…
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Voc8licious
Kyle Greenberg A bridge between DJing and VJing kgitp.com Description Built for N.I.M.E, this interface allows people to record audio and video loops of themselves and DJ the recordings to their liking. Each loop is projected in a grid. Build a composition from one loop to the next Classes New Interfaces for Musical Expression
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Lipstick
Ken Amarit A puppet microphone jam synth. http://www.kenamarit.info Description 'Lipstick' is a set of automaton puppet lips that 'talk' based on vocal input and that plays notes based on the buttons you press. Using granular synthesis, vocoder effects, and formant synthesis, 'Lipstick' turns your voice into a synthesizer. It's a microphone stand meets a bass…
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Living Room
Kate Godwin An ode to familiar, repetitive motions and things. https://docs.google.com/a/nyu.edu/presentation/d/1OXZi0Npjks9UVj4P4nmOmdwBJuYTX3McIJKOnQAptOU/edit?usp=sharing Description I am exploring the musical potential of everyday objects and actions for my final instrument in NIME. The goal is to have a series of things that I interact with as one would on any ordinary day. The scene is made beautiful through…