brickquencer

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a minimalistic, drag´n´drop, multi-track sampler/sequencer - based on lego bricks.

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quick ´n´dirty proof-of-concept.

tech

• 2 pcs running vvvv and max/msp
• webcam
• sound system
• 15" tft display

concept

Brickquencer is a music automata which takes the concept of sample-based music software (Timeline, Cursor, colored Elements resembling the samples, drag- and drop reordering and arranging) into the real world.

... more soon ...

thanks

• jasper diekamp, heimwerker extraordinaire, for helping me to build the case
• ralf baecker for max/msp support
• detlev nothnagel, martina höfflin, susanna schöneberg from the academy of media arts, cologne for conceptual support.
• matthias neuenhofer & cornelius pöpel (academy of media arts, cologne) for the pcs.

pics

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still have to remove the foliä.
and a new, supersauber gelaserte deckplatte is coming today, too.

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even funkier than the fender rhodes (left).

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mr. ünzel is rocking the thing.

todo:

• sexy female voice.
• rework the case