Kategorie: Kopfkinomusik

Lamond Campbell hat einen Harmonograph mit einem modularen Synthesizer gekoppelt und dafür gesorgt, dass die Schwingbewegungen der Zeichenmaschine zu Musik werden. Dann hat er damit ein Album produziert – und das ist auf nerdige Weise ganz schön gut.

I built an 18th century harmonograph and connected it to a 21st century modular synthesiser.
A harmonograph is an old scientific device that uses pendulums to create illustrations of harmonic motion, called lissajous figures. On this harmonograph each pendulum is connected to a sensor which triggers different elements of the synthesiser so that every time it makes a drawing, it also plays an accompanying synth soundtrack. There’s also a contact mic on the drawing board to pick up the sound of the pen.

It uses three pendulums – two connected in a linear way to the pen and one rotary pendulum connected to the drawing board. You set them all swinging, lower the biro pen to the drawing board and let the pendulums run down over a period of about 5 minutes, after which both the unique drawing and soundtrack are complete.

(Direktlink, via Colossal)