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/home/artwork/pendulum pianos
Title
Pendulum Pianos
Description
Electronics and Software For Sound Art Installation
Keywords
cooper baker, cooper, baker, cooperbaker, dan knapp, pendulum, music, max, msp, electronics, midi, audio, software, custom
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<?php image( 'pendulum pianos.png' ); ?> <br> <br> <?php ruler( 'About' ); ?> Pendulum Music is a sound-art piece that relies on continuously swinging pendulums to increment the playback of a MIDI file on a three-piece piano-like instrument. This results in a rhythmically disjunct interpretation of a piece of music based on the motion of the pendulums--each subsequent note is played only when the corresponding pendulum swings past its low point. Pieces are given a halting, probabilistic feeling, yet retain a vague familiarity due to their intact harmonic progressions. This is a collaborative work; sculptural artist Dan Knapp built the wooden components, and I am responsible for the software and interface circuitry. More specifically, I created: 1) circuits that sense pendulum motion and output status signals, while pulsing electromagnets to keep the pendulums swinging, 2) a 72 channel I/O computer interface that converts these status signals to USB MIDI events, and 3) software that interprets these events and applies an algorithm to determine the playback order of notes in a MIDI file based on pendulum motion. <br> <br> Pendulum Music was exhibited in 2007 at the Derek Eller Gallery in New York and in 2008 at the Little Lamb Gallery in Los Angeles. <br> <br> <?php ruler( 'Photos' ); ?> <?php gallery(); ?>
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led board.jpg
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pendulums and pianos side.jpg
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board copper.jpg
board oblique.jpg
board top.jpg
box wiring.jpg
button board.jpg
interface oblique.jpg
interface panel.jpg
interface top.jpg
led board.jpg
pendulum player screenshot.jpg
pendulums and pianos.jpg
pendulums and pianos side.jpg
pendulums front.jpg
pendulums on floor.jpg
pianos on floor.jpg
relays and interface.jpg
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