A really good idea had Logan Williams. He made a “tangible audio sequencer” using a cam, paper and coins. The sequencer module in the computer scans the paper with the webcam and detects objects on the paper (in this case the coins). They are interpreted as data, that you normally put into a digital sequencer using the mouse.
A dead simple idea, why nobody else did something like that before?
Update: Logan gave me the URL of his official website, and he seems to like it complicated and unusual. His portfolio is available under http://47Ω.com. And if this doesn’t not work, just try http://xn--47-fcc.com.
“why nobody else did something like that before?”
http://www.vimeo.com/625464
Posted on August 3rd, 2008 at 22:27This is nice! But to add to the “why nobody else did something like that before” list, see also –
Posted on August 4th, 2008 at 09:59http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/01/23/sequencing-beats-with-bubble-gum/
a similar project from 2005:
Posted on August 5th, 2008 at 07:29http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/13/0519210