I'm performing tonight at LEMUR

I've spent the last four weeks as a resident at LEMUR (the League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots). It's been a great experience! LEMUR's own work is very inspiring and having a residency (and access to LEMUR's tools) was very motivating.

I spent my residency building a study for an interactive sculpture I've been wanting to make. The eventual sculpture is intended to work like a vocoder.

I'm pretty pleased with the prototype... it's a slide whistle which replicates whatever sounds are spoken/sung into a microphone. It can also play pre-recorded music ala a player piano. It's main short coming is being a bit slow in changing notes, but a more powerful stepper motor should help improve it's response time.

Here are some quick snapshots of the Study for Vocoder. I'll try to post a video of it in action before too long. Or if you're in NYC and free tonight (Thursday Oct 9, 2008), you can see it in action at a performance by the LEMUR residents. It starts at 8pm and should be fun. I heard fellow-resident Adam Matta (warning, his website automatically plays sound) rehearse last night and he sounded great! Details about the performance here.




related post: Vocoders