{"id":169,"date":"2014-12-12T14:21:49","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T19:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/winter2014\/beatwalker\/"},"modified":"2015-10-28T16:08:24","modified_gmt":"2015-10-28T20:08:24","slug":"beatwalker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/winter2014\/beatwalker\/","title":{"rendered":"Beatwalker"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><em>Shaun Axani<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Beatwalker provides the soundtrack of your life through dynamically changing music that responds, in real time, to your movements.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shaunaxani.com\/2014\/12\/03\/beatwalker-updates\/\">http:\/\/shaunaxani.com\/2014\/12\/03\/beatwalker-updates\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-169 gallery-columns-0 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/winter2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2014\/12\/1418539006_Beatwalker-PosterForWinterShow.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/winter2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2014\/12\/1418539006_Beatwalker-PosterForWinterShow-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"bag\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/winter2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2014\/12\/1418539006_Beatwalker-PosterForWinterShow-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/winter2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2014\/12\/1418539006_Beatwalker-PosterForWinterShow.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3>Description<\/h3>\n<p>We fantasize about what the soundtrack of our lives would sound like: often times a beautifully crafted orchestra that reflects our daily activities not unlike a film&rsquo;s musical score. Beatwalker realizes this aspiration for the fraction of the cost of hiring a composer and professional musicians. Through the use of a midi generating synth shield accompanied with the Arduino, a song is created in code with a series of variables that change based on input from the user. If a user speeds up, the song responds and speeds up as well. If they slow down, the song will respond. If a user changes direction, musical instruments will be added or subtracted. The result is a dynamic song that is written by someone walking to work, going for a casual jog, or getting lost and turning every which way on the busy streets of Manhattan. The song becomes personal to that user; that version will only ever be played once.<\/p>\n<p>The final physical computing project is not due until December 11th, so the documentation is rough and the product itself is in refinement and improvement. But a working version of Beatwalker exists, and with more time and iterating it will only become more powerful and offer a wider range of musical accompaniment based on the user&rsquo;s supplied input.<\/p>\n<h3>Classes<\/h3>\n<p>Introduction to Physical Computing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shaun Axani Beatwalker provides the soundtrack of your life through dynamically changing music that responds, in real time, to your movements. http:\/\/shaunaxani.com\/2014\/12\/03\/beatwalker-updates\/ Description We fantasize about what the soundtrack of our lives would sound like: often times a beautifully crafted orchestra that reflects our daily activities not unlike a film&rsquo;s musical score. Beatwalker realizes this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/winter2014\/beatwalker\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Beatwalker<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12984,335,462,16265],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arlene-ducao","category-introduction-to-physical-computing","category-projects","category-shaun-axani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/winter2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/winter2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/winter2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/winter2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/winter2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/winter2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4108,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/winter2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169\/revisions\/4108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/winter2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/winter2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/winter2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}