Windchime Sequencer
Sound / Interactive
Inspired by a talk by one of my favourite artists "Brian Eno", who talks about windchimes being a wonderful example of natural organic loops, I decided to develop the windchime as a sort of MIDI note sequencer. Whenever the chimes come in contact with the copper conductor in the center, a MIDI note is sent to a computer or a supported instrument. This can then be used to produce any sound, thus expanding on the windchime's ability to create organic rhythms to control absolutely any digital sound.
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Windchime Sequencer
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Dennis Peter
Inspired by a talk by one of my favourite artists "Brian Eno", who talks about windchimes being a wonderful example of natural organic loops, I decided to develop the windchime as a sort of MIDI note sequencer. Whenever the chimes come in contact with the copper conductor in the center, a MIDI note is sent to a computer or a supported instrument. This can then be used to produce any sound, thus expanding on the windchime's ability to create organic rhythms to control absolutely any digital sound.
The chime consists of a central copper conductor which is charged with +5V, the 8 chimes around this conductor act like open switches. When the copper conductor makes contact with one of these chimes, the switch/circuit is closed and thus sends an electric signal to the connected microcontroller. This signal triggers a MIDI note value that is attached to the corresponding chime and the MIDI data can then be sent over USB to a computer.
The data can be further processed in a programming environment like pureData to quantize the notes to a particular scale. The notes can also be programmed to change at fixed time intervals, creating an ever-changing progression of scales (thus breaking the monotony of similar notes getting triggered too often). This processed MIDI can then be directed to any DAW of choice to synthesize the sound. Additionally, this digital signal can also be used as data to control visuals as well. Further info about data flow can be found in the images.
The chime consists of a central copper conductor which is charged with +5V, the 8 chimes around this conductor act like open switches. When the copper conductor makes contact with one of these chimes, the switch/circuit is closed and thus sends an electric signal to the connected microcontroller. This signal triggers a MIDI note value that is attached to the corresponding chime and the MIDI data can then be sent over USB to a computer.
The data can be further processed in a programming environment like pureData to quantize the notes to a particular scale. The notes can also be programmed to change at fixed time intervals, creating an ever-changing progression of scales (thus breaking the monotony of similar notes getting triggered too often). This processed MIDI can then be directed to any DAW of choice to synthesize the sound. Additionally, this digital signal can also be used as data to control visuals as well. Further info about data flow can be found in the images.