ORGANiC MiDi CONTROLLER CONCEPT

 

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CAKE IS AN EXPERIMENTAL MIDI CONTROLLER BUILT IN 2012-2013  BY BALINT BENKOE, GRADUATING STUDENT OF MOHOLY-NAGY UNIVERSITY OF ART & DESIGN CO-OPERATING WITH HIS FRIENDS.

IT WAS A MEDIA DESIGN BA  PROJECT.

THE MAIN CONCEPT WAS, TO BUILD A NEW MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. BASICALLY EVERY MIDI CONTROLLER IS AN INSTRUMENT, SO WE DECIDED TO BUILD ONE. 

OUR INSPIRATION WAS A BUNCH OF GRASS GROWING IN A CUBE SHAPED POT. BALINT USED TO DO EXPERIMENTS WITH JOYSTICK THAT TIME, SO IT WAS QUITE EVIDENT TO USE THOSE AS ANALOG POTMETERS.

THE REST OF THE MATRIX-SHAPED STICKS IS JUST FOR THE EXPERIENCE, TO GET THE FEEL OF SWIPING LIKE GRASS IN A POT.

THE MAIN PROGRAM IS RUNNING ON A SMALL ARDUINO DUEMILANOVE BUILT IN THE CONTROLLER. THE SOFTWARE WE USED IS CALLED PUREDATA-EXTENDED, WHICH TRANSFORMS THE ANALOG SIGNALS FROM THE ARDUINO AND MAKES THEM TO SEND MIDI SIGNALS TO ANY AUDIO SOFTWARE.

 

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COLLABORATING WITH

 

Marton BOGNAR

Mate LOVAS

Agoston NAGY

Jozsef TASNADI

 

THANKS TO

 

MOHOLY-NAGY UNIVERSITY OF ART & DESIGN

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