audiopad

smalltown girl · Post by **smalltown girl** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:20 pm

http://web.media.mit.edu/%7Ejpatten/aud ... 04-web.mov

audiopad is a composition and performance instrument for electronic music which tracks the positions of objects on a tabletop surface and converts their motion into music. one can pull sounds from a giant set of samples, juxtapose archived recordings against warm synthetic melodies, cut between drum loops to create new beats, and apply digital processing all at the same time on the same table. audiopad not only allows for spontaneous reinterpretation of musical compositions, but also creates a visual and tactile dialogue between itself, the performer, and the audience.

audiopad has a matrix of antenna elements which track the positions of electronically tagged objects on a tabletop surface. software translates the position information into music and graphical feedback on the tabletop. each object represents either a musical track or a microphone.

plaster · Post by **plaster** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:32 pm

seen this stuff when they were developing it... it's a nice concept, wouldn't mind trying it for live jams.

fredrik_h · Post by **fredrik_h** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:59 pm

old one, wonder what happend to it....