via [laughing squid]
October 28, 2011 by abulafia
robot playing mozart
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February 13, 2011 by abulafia
les souliers
Les Souliers quintet from Arno Fabre on Vimeo.
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February 10, 2011 by abulafia
floppy drive music
making the rounds.
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July 13, 2010 by abulafia
the trons – times up
who doesn’t like a little michel gondry with their robot band
Video by Snakebeings filmed in Matangi dairy factory. The Trons are a robot band made by Greg Locke. Some animation has been used in this video but the Trons play all the music on electric guitar and drums and keyboard. Vocals are made using a special vocal–tape deck built into the singer’s control unit. The robots are actually playing the song in the video although the actual song has been overdubbed afterwards- lip-synch robots! The great benifit of making a video of robots is that they play the music the same every time-in theory at least- although due to the flexibility of meccano there is a human feel in the slight delays.
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June 25, 2010 by abulafia
guitamaton
Guitamaton is a computer controlled musical instrument which explores the percussive and resonant qualities of the acoustic guitar. It melds the precision of microprocessor control with the unpredictability of vibrating metal and wood, and brings an added level of embodiment to computer based music by placing the sound creation process firmly in the physical world.
via [create digital music]
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June 9, 2010 by abulafia
mechanical orchestra of frança xica
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May 9, 2010 by abulafia
PHOXES – physical modeling instruments
PHOXES are a set of electronic music instruments, which are based on physical modeling sound synthesis. The instruments are modular, meaning that they can be combined with each other in various ways in order to create richer systems, challenging both the control and perception, and thereby also the sonic potential of the physical models.
The instruments are tube PHOX, particle PHOX, friction PHOX and drum PHOX.
The 4 different physical models are: tube, particles, friction and drum. Each model consists of an exciter (the part that models how the energy drives the model) and a resonator (the part that models how that energy resonates throught the model)
The excitation energy is input by the user manipulating the excitation controls (flute, crank, friction controller or drumpads). The resonator is controlled by manipulating 4 knobs for each of the models.
The PHOXES are modular, which means they can be combined in various ways. There are two ways of combining PHOXES: 1. PHOXES can be combined by using the output sound from one PHOX to drive the input energy of a second PHOX (for instance the sound from the friction PHOX can drive the tube model of the tube PHOX). 2. PHOXES can also be combined by letting the excitation controller from one PHOX drive the input energy of a second PHOX (for instance using the crank implemented on the particle PHOX to drive the drum model of the drum PHOX.
More than two PHOXES can be combined in order to explore the sonic capabilities of the models.
PHOXES – physical modeling instruments from Steven Gelineck on Vimeo.
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April 20, 2010 by abulafia
scrap metal robot band – lemur
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March 1, 2010 by abulafia
old-timey robot band
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February 26, 2010 by abulafia
Obsolete?
The music itself is composed using some of the oldest and rarest computers in the world such as the WWII code-breaking machine Colossus Mark 2 Rebuild, and the 1960’s Elliott 803 largely used for mathematics and some of the more commonplace machines such as the BBC Micro. With over thirty machines studied and utilised within the music, it is a combination of both sounds from the internal sound chips and the external electro-mechanical sounds. In addition to this, the piece also utilises such items as the early non-electrical mechanical adding machines.
The project was comprised of twelves pieces of music and accompanying visuals and culminated in two performances at the prestigious Bletchley Park Mansion on March 20th and 21st, 2009.
The project attracted widespread media attention and has been featured on BBC New 24, BBC Look East, BBC South Today, New Scientist Magazine, Dazed & Confused Magazine, Games TM Magazine, Future Music, BBC Radio 4, BBC 6 Music, BBC Radio Suffolk, BBC Three Counties and covered on several news websites including The Register, MacWorld, bit.tech, Slashdot, The IET, IT Pro and several more.
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