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01/14/2008

VIDEO: Music Sequencer Uses Ball Bearings to Generate Sounds

Researcher Peter Bennett created the "Beat-Bearing", a tangible interface that "generates rhythmic patterns using ball bearings." Video demonstration after the jump.
Sequences are composed by placing the metal orbs in a grid of receptor cups which represent the different rhythm tracks (kick, snare, hi-hat and cowbell) along the vertical axis, and beats along the horizontal
[via Technabob]

This entry was posted on 01/14/2008 01:45am and is filed under Creative, Music .
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Cool idea!
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Impressive
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