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Jim MurphyDesigned to allow audiences to directly view performers’ control inputs, the Helio features eight membrane potentiometers. The potentiometers, along with user-mappable LED indicators, are arranged in an upright manner, providing audiences with clear, unobstructed views of the performer interacting with audio or visual software. Each membrane potentiometer can be individually mapped, allowing for endless customization. Software allows the potentiometer …
Jeff Bryant The push_push sensors were made on a circular knitting machine. While knitting regular yarn, conductive thread is tied to the yarn and pulled through the machine with it. The first strips contained isolated patches of conductive thread, with power and ground connected to each, and were connected to a microcontroller with circuits suited for variable resistors. To reduce …
Meason Wiley & Amber Lepley Übeldrohne is an electro-acoustic instrument that utilizes four bass strings, motors, and slide levers to create polyphonic bass drones. Combining elements of a traditional electric bass and pedal steel, as well as more unique augmented instruments such as Andrew McPherson’s magnetic resonator piano and Trimpin’s adapted piano “singer” instruments, the Übeldrone was designed to create low frequency …