Two additions for Benoît’s “a”
mpd502
Contracting work for mtronix, a Berlin company that specializes in precision measurement instruments. In mpd502 ‘pd’ is for ‘partial discharge’ which equates to energy lost along a power line. To measure this is crucial in determining the condition of the power system with the aim of being able to replace it just before it fails. mpd502 is built around the same processor as the gluiph, the TriMedia.
LASCDP
LASCDP = The Light&Audio Show Compact Disc Player. A hot-rodded CD-Player that plays a mono soundfile on one track, a PWM track for light control on the other. Authoring software implemented in Max/MSP.
Elefantenregenbogenbrücke
Installation project for a kids show inspired by ‘Sendung mit der Maus’. The Elefantenbogenbrücke is a rainbow-bridge with step sensors that trigger samples as you walk across it.
Affen
As visitors probe a dictionary database, with each newly found word a frame is erased from a series of monkey clips and replaced with a solid colour. 51600 words – 51600 frames – 51600 colours, a price for every 1000th word found. Words spoken by speech synthesis, artist in gorilla costume explaining concepts, handing out prices. [more]
Sympatometika
Sound track for a ‘line-flicker’ video, generated by feeding the line patterns directly into an iFFT.
Planet Control
Max patches for algorithmic composition based on planet movements and Threadgill.
Twister
Contracting work for twosuns, a Berlin multi-media company. Twister is part of the sound subsystem of enclued, an interactive multi-media development environment. Initially a multi-channel soundcard with embedded spatialization functionality, which was later moved to the host PC.
Bali
Computer aided score generation of Balinesian Gender Wayang music, based on multi-channel envelope recordings. The recording system required a custom acquisition system as multi-channel audio interfaces were not available in the early 1990s. It was implemented by Thomas Ruoff and Pierre Dutilleux at FH and ZKM, Karlsruhe. I was involved in the later stages that dealt with the analysis of the accumulated data. Most of this was done in Matlab and its signal processing toolbox. Finally, a custom notation system was devised to take the specific playing styles into account.
US2ana
Small module to convert an ultrasound time lag into a control voltage.