Pocket Gamelan

we-make-money-not-art.com reviews Pocket Gamelan by Greg Schiemer and Mark Havryliv, an interactive musical interface allowing non-expert performers to create microtonal music using bluetooth-enabled mobile phones.

"Players swing the handsets on the end of a cord in a circular trajectory. As the phone is swung it produces audible artefacts such as Doppler shift and chorusing which are generated as a bi-product of movement. The device works like a network of operations in which melodies and the speed at which they’re played can be altered."

emily | 8:21 AM | SMS and the Arts |
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