For the discriminating musician who reckon himself abovemusic - by - dirt ball , there is now a more sanitary and colorful approaching available . AudioCubes , created by Bert Schiettecatte , are smart blocks that can emit light and outgrowth audio in tangible - time , based on their proportional location to each other . A signal processing connection is create and alter by motivate the blocks around , allowing a musician to interact with his line in a more forcible manner . Each cube is program and recharged via USB . Bert talks a petty snatch about expansion possibilities :
http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/musical-instruments/index.php#worm-synthesizer-035070
To give the performer even more control over the algorithm running on the DSP , different sensors could be lend , such as an predilection sensing element , shock detector , position detector , etc .
Right now , they determine output using iR and levels of received light . The project page is an interesting read and admit picture and audio sample distribution .
Project Page[StanfordEDU viaWMMNA ]
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