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Conductor. Experimental musical instrument



Conductor
Experimental musical instrument

From the technical point of view, Conductor is an Arduino based MIDI controller. It is very simple to use. The performer puts on gloves, connects the device to a computer and runs special software. Ultrasonic sensors mounted on the gloves control the output. The distance from the left hand to the surface equals to the note value; whereas from the right hand to the surface — to the velocity. According to technical specifications of the MIDI interface, the range for the note and velocity is from 0 to 127 units. The same range (0-127 centimeters) is used by Conductor for each sensor. Such a small increment, corresponded to note — just 1 centimeter — doesn’t allow to perform any melody accurately. But it allows to go beyond common performance and play something… experimental.



Conductor. Experimental musical instrument
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