Jeff Lieberman & Dan Paluska: Absolut Quartet, 2008


Added: Aug 30, 2008

Author: MediaArtTube

Duration: 3:32

Absolut Quartet, a commission for the Absolut Visionaries project, is a music making machine like no other. The audience becomes part of the performance, while watching something that appears impossible. Log in to ABSOLUTMACHINES.COM for a chance to interact with the machine. You will enter a 4-8 second theme, and the machine will generate, in real-time, a unique musical piece based on the input melody you have provided.You will see this melody played by three instruments. The main instrument is a ballistic marimba, which launches rubber balls roughly 2m into the air, precisely aimed to bounce off of 42 chromatic wooden keys. The second instrument is an array of 35 custom-tuned wine glasses, played by robotic fingers. Finally, an array of 9 ethnic percussion instruments rounds out the ensemble. More info:http://bea.st/sight/absolutQuartet/

Channel: Tech

Tags: ars  art  electronica  generator  interactive  machine  music 


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