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The surfaces of everyday objects are scanned and transformed into audible frequencies.


Playing the Instrument is a mixture of practice, anticipation, and serendipity.

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A variety of everyday objects can be mounted into the instrument.

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The instrument was built from aluminum tubes, white POM, black acrylic glass, a high precision distance measuring laser ( with the kind support of Micro-Epsilon ), a stepper motor, and a few bits and bobs.

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A translator and controller module transforms the measured distance values into audible frequencies, notes, and scales. It also controlls the stepper-motor’s speed.

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A web-based simulator of the instrument.

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A Lego prototype of the frame construction.

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