[Jochem] has always been fascinated by chaos in nature, whether it’s a swarm of ants or evolution in action in a petri dish. His insect orchestra takes the chaos in the natural world and changes it into something completely artificial. In this case, MIDI.
For the build, a light sensor was placed at the bottom of a test tube. A cricket (or grasshopper, or locust) is then put into the test tube. The test tube is then closed up with a cap that houses a LED. An Arduino reads the light sensors and then transmits the data over MIDI. The MIDI commands are picked up in Abelton Live which converts everything to audio.
[Jochem] rigged up Abelton to have the insects perform in four different modes – instrument, synthesis, samples, and drums. Definitely an improvement over the humble Mexican Jumping bean.
You can check out the insect orchestra in action after the break.
Filed under: arduino hacks, musical hacks
Posted on Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:01:19 +0000 at http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hackaday/LgoM/~3/WMtjWNCEkDE/
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For the build, a light sensor was placed at the bottom of a test tube. A cricket (or grasshopper, or locust) is then put into the test tube. The test tube is then closed up with a cap that houses a LED. An Arduino reads the light sensors and then transmits the data over MIDI. The MIDI commands are picked up in Abelton Live which converts everything to audio.
[Jochem] rigged up Abelton to have the insects perform in four different modes – instrument, synthesis, samples, and drums. Definitely an improvement over the humble Mexican Jumping bean.
You can check out the insect orchestra in action after the break.
Filed under: arduino hacks, musical hacks
Posted on Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:01:19 +0000 at http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hackaday/LgoM/~3/WMtjWNCEkDE/
Comments: http://hackaday.com/2011/08/31/inse...-harmed-but-terribly-inconvenienced/#comments
