Comments on: Sequencing Beats with Bubble Gum (Tangible Interface War!)

By: freekuh geekuh

freekuh geekuh — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:05:03 +0000

thanks Kyle!

By: Kyle McDonald

Kyle McDonald — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:37:14 +0000

I Eat Beats update: There’s v2, and it’s way more advanced. It works as a generic control interface, and uses a polarizing filter on the camera to segment the screen from the markers (skittles): http://vimeo.com/3273927

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Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:15:29 +0000

[...] could be the computer interface of the future. See also a music sequencer made with Skittles. (The only problem, as your inner Cookie Monster might quickly point out, is when you eat the [...]

By: D-Touch – Bateria eletrônica com nozes (Windows e Mac) « www.ilankriger.net

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:12:19 +0000

[...] relacionando baterias eletrônicas tangíveis e lanchinhos, você já deve ter visto projetos com chicletes e skittles, tampas de garrafa de cerveja, garrafas de cerveja e agora [...]

By: Create Digital Music » d-touch, Free Tangible Interfaces, and a Walnut Drum Machine

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:19:03 +0000

[...] something about virtual drum machines and snacks. We’ve seen bubblegum and Skittles, beer bottle caps, soda bottles, and now walnuts. Don’t stop now: someone has to do [...]

By: Create Digital Music » Easy Digital Distortion with a Lo-Fi Arduino Guitar Pedal

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:20:32 +0000

[...] regular Kyle McDonald keeps cranking out wonderful projects. Following up on a tangible music sequencer powered by Skittles (taste the rainbow of fruity beats), and last weekâ€™s cheap-but-effective DIY 3D interface, heâ€™s [...]

By: Create Digital Music » Futuristic Music Design: Competitors, Judges, Teaser Videos and Photos

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:16:27 +0000

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By: nelson

nelson — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:04:34 +0000

@travioso: I think you’re totally right about making things accessible and it’s probably one of the most exciting thing about tangible interfaces. I would really like to see more interesting work done with mappings though.

By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 05:51:16 +0000

I should add, I think starting with something basic musically is absolutely essential. That’s part of why having the reacTable’s library out there is so nifty — that you have people iterating, working on this, making better and better ideas. But, yeah, starting with something overly complicated can keep you from getting to that first step.

By: Oh Travioso

Oh Travioso — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 05:11:51 +0000

@nelson: My goal with the cubeats, light up cubes I posted above, was to give someone with no ability instant access to making music. And if they have some talent, it should come through. As a result, the step sequencer seems kind of like the quintessential way to make accessible music in a no skill needed kind of fashion.

However, what’s nice about these interfaces is that they are open. There’s no reason a new way to interpret the data couldn’t be done. For instance, the rods contain many magnets that are levitating. The magnets could be “played” causing them to spring up and down injecting energy into the system and then dynamically dying out. It could be a sort of space age piano or organ.