Spoony love. Musical spoons are a fun and easy-to-use instrument that dates back to the 17th century. Back then, they were often used in folk dances. Today, use ‘em any time you need a little rhythm; simply grip the red handle and slap the spoons against your leg. Tada! Music.
laptop_orchestra is an interactive synaesthetic instrument, designed for performances of audio visual compositions in real time.
The space conformation of the fifteen laptops, arranged on regular rows, brings back to the formation of an orchestral group.
On each one of them is installed a Software consisting in algorithms which activate sounds and abstract visual shapes based on color spectrum. Each laptop has its own sound and its own instructions for the construction of a shape.
Interacting from the orchestra conductor podium, lightly touching metal stems, it is possible to activate or deactivate each single laptop , permitting the generation of an endless number of different compositions. [via synthtopia]
In the laid-back beach town of Hamamatsu, close to Nagoya, there is a little breeding ground for musical instruments of another kind. Yamaha’s Product Design Laboratory (PDL) develops ultra-stylish and technically uber-advanced musical instruments. For PingMag, British product designer Marianne Bailey shows us her latest swell creations, a super-slim piano, the new Vocaloid 2 software interface and the recent, bizarrely fun mobile phones turned into instruments for Yamaha x au design project by KDDI. You don’t need to be artistic to be amazed by these tools… [read & see more @ PingMag]
Do you remember our post about the Ford Focus commercial and those musical instruments made from parts of the car? Today the best Hungarian car blog made a post about Viktor Lois, who is a contemporary artist and he makes instruments of almost everything. Viktor describes his style as recycling and hell yes! This is recycling indeed. His instrumensts are made from bicycles, washing machines and car parts of course. Check out his breathtaking collection and yes we do have a video about all this ;) [via Totalcar]
Monday Kick.
A happy, positive craziness which helps to start an another week.
What we found on Noizone.com seems to be very interesting: legendary vintage instruments with nude girls around. We try to guess what is going on but gave up – probably a kind of a photo shooting. Porn industry will occupy the musical instruments’ territory? Jacks and knobs will be used instead of dildos? Questions, questions…
Do you think that the world ends at Guitar Hero? Think again. Here is Band Geek Hero. You can be hero in almost every instrument. Our fave is the Triangle Hero :D
So what exactly is a Stylophone? Well, basically, this bizarre little battery-operated instrument is a box packed with transistors, resistors, diodes and other old-school electronic bits and bobs. The idea is to press the integral stylus against the various metal keys in order to close the circuit and emit a peculiar but unique squeal. Weeeeeeiii!
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