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Exertion Music Instrument Design Wiki 

initiated by Noah Vawter

 

 

 

 

How-To Section :       Generators -> Rectifiers -> Synthesizers -> Amplifiers -> Speakers -> Resonances -> Bodies 

 

Complete Instruments * Parts List

 

 

 

 

Community:      Workshops * Discussion Forum * The Electric Eel Players

 

Flicker * YouTube * Twitter  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Get Ready for Music HackDay in Boston, Massachusetts!

 

 

A full weekend of music hacking. Software + hardware + art + the web. Come build the future of music.

 

     On November 21st and November 22nd, the second Exertion Instrument construction workshop will take place!  Register early to secure a seat- Kits are limited to the first 8 to sign up.  Noah Vawter will be teaching 8 students how to build a working, prototype Exertion Instrument.  In the meantime, familiarize yourself with the instrument by looking at these web pages. 

 

violin.zip

 

 

Demonstration Video

This video shows Noah Vawter and Kelly Snook breathing life into a classic Finnish folksong, while Ryan O'Toole does a leekspin.

 

 

 

Special topics:      Synthesizer Synthesizer  *  Homebrew Measurement Tools * Developer's Kit

 

  Selecting Parts  *  Favorite Design Tools  *  Favorite Parts * Reference Design * Switching Power Supply

 

   Presentation

 

 

SDSU Workshop Report

 

On Oct 1 and Oct. 2, Noah Vawter worked with students of Joe Waters' electroacoustic composition program at San Diego State University. 

 

 

 

 

Workshop and Performance Dates

 

• Noah Vawter will be presenting a workshop in building Exertion Instruments at Music Hackday Boston from Nov. 21, 2009 - Nov. 22, 2009

 

• Noah Vawter will be presenting a workshop on building Exertion Instruments at Tangible & Embedded Interfaces conference, January 25-27, 2010

 

• Noah Vawter will be teaching a master class in October 2009, with an accompanying performance. 

 

Here is the NWEAMO line-up for San Diego:   

 

Master Classes Thursday Oct. 1, Electronic Music Studio, SDSU, time: TBA

Shows Fri & Sat. Oct. 2 & 3, 8 PM - Smith Recital Hall, SDSU School of Music & Dance

Admission: $15 general, $10 students, seniors

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Friday, Oct. 2, 2009 - 8:00PM

     SWARMIUS     http://swarmius.com/

     Noah Vawter & Exertion Instruments

 

Sat., Oct. 3, 2009 - 8:00 PM - Smith Recital Hall, SDSU School of Music & Dance

     Tristan Shone     http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/09/tristan_shones_sound_machines.html

     Radio Wonderland     http://radiowonderland.org/serendipity/index.php

 

 

 

 

Links

 

 Electronics Design

• Electric Eel Schematic http://web.media.mit.edu/~nvawter/projects/ExertionInstruments/reports/Technical_Paper_on_Power_Generation.pdf
• Charge Pumps http://delicious.com/enzo308/charge+pump 

 

 Academic Homepage 

• Project home is at http://web.media.mit.edu/~nvawter/projects/ExertionInstruments/  This Wiki is for user-generated content. 

  

Fellow Instrument Designers, Musician Friends, and Bloggers

 

          Steve Witham - Music Hacker

          Jonathan Ward - Has published an elegant circuit board mill design. 

Ethan Bordeaux - PSP Seq, etc.

Riff Roll - Chord searching database

Noteflight  - flash-based song/note editor/analyzer

Electronic Musician - Avtomat 

Computer Musician - Kurt Ralske

Music MetaData Mafia - EchoNest

The Squarepent / Homemade Tuba - Youtube  Howto Page

Awesome hacker's blog - http://hackaday.com

My Stereo Modification Blog with Izrocka - http://sickmods.blogspot.com/

Noah Vawter's Music - http://myspace.com/snackmastermusic

Jeff Snyder - http://www.snyderphonics.com/about.htm

Pete - Circuit-Bending Expert - http://www.casperelectronics.com/

Clarflupet - CAD Instrument - http://www.clarflupet.com/     http://www.deskeng.com/articles/aaafsp.htm

Hardcore Circut-Bent Musicians - http://burnkit2600.com    

Electronics Genius Mark Feldmeier - http://www.media.mit.edu/~carboxyl

http://www.myspace.com/yatagarasu

Wonderful, happy, zippy chiptunes - http://selectstartrecords.com/systems-check-detroit.html

Lissajou - Brilliant Gameboy Musician - http://www.myspace.com/lissajou

 

 

You are invited to contribute to this wiki.  Write to nvawter-at-media.mit.edu