by Mike Una.
Hannes Pasqualini is an illustrator, comic artist, and musician/noisemaker in Italy. He bought one my my Beep-its a few months back and wrote me today to describe the modifications he’s made to it. Inspired by Gijs Gieskes’ Fan Synth, Hannes added a speed-controlled fan in front of the light sensor to modulate the pitch.
I love that he made this new thing and just bolted it onto the front of his Beep-it- it’s very functional and clever. He had to move the Beep-it button to the front of his new case, and it looks seamless:
Here’s a video of the new device in action:
http://www.vimeo.com/9942502Gijs Gieskes’ original Fan Synth is pretty crazy in it’s own right- he’s got several versions, some with two fans and LED tentacles:
Video here:
http://www.vimeo.com/5140595Looks like he’s running everything off an ATMEGA chip- those little guys are becoming super popular for quickly working up a functional idea. Has anyone else used a fan or other mechanical moving parts to induce modulation? Drop us a link in the comments.
I plan on using the magnetic sensor in a tape player to turn a motor into a pitch. does that sound cool or what?
Very cool. I love that the electronic/bend/circuit community just tosses out ideas of normal conventions out the window and tries things that you wouldn’t otherwise think of.
I found this cool little handheld fan that has LEDs on the fan blades thats pretty much just a rave toy but I use it to mess with the 4 photocells on my circuit bent speak and math.
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