audiopad

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.

Audiopad was developed by James Patten and Ben Recht aka localfields.

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• audiopad
• James
• Patten
• music
• instrument
• electronic
• sound

[CTCxSIS]

This thing is incredible. I'd love to even see it in person.

[PRocker320]

damn, we are awesome

[fichterficher]

what is the name of the song at 2:10 ? thx for answer :)

[MechanicalCoupling]

Electromagnetic resonance.

[Psopyxsus]

Absolutely sick, the future of media. To the people thinking something like this would cost a fortune, I really doubt it. It looks like the setup is just a projector, some kind of motion sensing pad and some homebrew programming. In case no one noticed this is done by the media dept. at MIT so I wouldn't expect anything less.

[abenteurer18]

bet in a few years they only be mixing with this stuff

[soulkiller86]

gud stuff.

[JohnCalhoon]

Can't afford it.

[fativiolento]

how it works?

[K3N7CR1P3]

how does the projector track the objects?

rfids, ir, leds, or wat