Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Glockentar by Aaron Sherwood





The Glockentar combines a glockenspiel with a guitar.
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Glockentar

Each time a string is plucked a glockenspiel bell is struck with a solenoid, and a beam of light is projected across the length of the string.

Glockentar
Glockentar

The light follows a logarithmic curve in terms of it’s speed as it goes up and down the string. It starts fast, pauses for a moment then goes back down the string.



The lights are essentially rectangles made in openFrameworks, then sent to MadMapper via Syphon.



In MadMapper they are then mapped to the strings.

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An Arduino is used to turn the strings into switches. Each string acts as a ground, and electricity is sent to the pick. When a string is plucked with the pick the switch is closed and the solenoids and projections are triggered.

Glockentar

Here is the Arduino code