Composing with New Musical Instruments
2024
Guess What?
Ariana Marta
Composing with New Musical Instruments
The project is a drum machine instrument inspired by the Guess Who? game.
Knitted Synth
Xuefei Shi
Composing with New Musical Instruments
Master's Thesis
A wearable sound controlling piece with stretching sensors on to trigger sound effects (such as reverb, frequency, amplitude, speed, granular position, etc.) with intuitive body movements.
Luxiska
Sebastiasn Escamilla García
Composing with New Musical Instruments
Luxiska, merges light and sound to create an immersive musical experience.
Rhythmara
Midhun Palakkal Raghunath
Composing with New Musical Instruments
Rhythmara is an instrument which has a unique combination of generative synthesis and ribbon control inspired by Swarmatron principles, designed to offer tactile, expressive interaction through the Bela platform.
Suiōnki
Heu Hsu
Composing with New Musical Instruments
The musical instrument suiōnki draws inspiration from Japanese traditional kamameshi pot, transforming the process of rice-making into an interactive performance.
The Strainer
Patricija Šapokaitė
Composing with New Musical Instruments
Loosely inspired by a handful of scenes of “Midsommar”, the strainer’s main goal is to record and mimic the sound, while changing pitches, adding distortions and/or delays.
Wearable Stridulation-Inspired Instrument
Markus Skraba
Composing with New Musical Instruments
The concept for this musical instrument draws inspiration from stridulation - the sound production method of certain animals, especially insects, that generate sound by rubbing body parts together.