Arduino Music Controllers With Horns, Finally 19
An anonymous reader writes "Patrick Flanagan serves as the token human in robot percussion group Jazari. In this video Flanagan controls his bots with a Wiimote and a custom Arduino controller made from arcade buttons, zebra wood, and springbook horns. Due to production costs and environmental concerns, we haven't seen many new musical instruments made from dead animals in this century, but who knows? Maybe 2k11 is the year music device makers go stone-age."
SpringBOK, not springBOOK (Score:3)
The animal is called a springbok -- only one "o". Wikipedia article here [wikipedia.org], more pictures here [google.com].
Cheers,
I hope... (Score:1)
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In other news: Zebras are made of wood!
Here's the actual control video (Score:2)
What? (Score:2)
Looks like a controller to me. That is *not* an instrument, any more than a DM2 is.
Still interesting, but still a controller. And in my book, the Moog is an instrument, like a Stratocaster is. But a sequencer is not.
I was hoping (Score:4, Interesting)
the horns would actually be used to make sound, too. It seems that he uses them just as a decoration. Seriously, he needs some brass in that robotic band.
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Same here. When I see horn and music in the same sentence/headline, I think of this: http://www.cgconn.com/content/detail.php?model=8D [cgconn.com]
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That reminds me: how do you tell if you're dating a French horn player?
When you're making out with her, she'll try to stick her hand up your ass.
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Correction: her *right* hand. Left hand would be a sure sign of a poser. And she's sure to be a good kisser, with that embouchure.
Got any good viola jokes?
Lemme Guess ( / First TI Arduino Hater Post) (Score:2)
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What am I looking at? (Score:2)
Another worthless slashdot submission with the only reference a link to a youtube video made by someone who was more interested in showing us shallow depth of field, colours, and what looks like some actuators hitting some drums rather than WHAT THE SUBMISSION IS ACTUALLY ABOUT!
I'm interested in this. Seriously. But this news for nerds "article" is basically saying "Someone somewhere did something, go find it."