speakingObject

during my 11 days at STEIM i did a working prototype of the second incarnation of the "speakingObject" (no better title still). it's basically a vocal synthesizer controlled by two buttons and a three axis accelerometer. it works without a computer. the two wires are just power and sound out. the finished object will work on batteries and include an amp plus speaker so there will be no wires at all.

links:
http://joerg.piringer.net
http://www.steim.nl

Category:

Music

Tags:

• diy
• sound
• poetry
• tinker
• make
• vocal
• synthesis
• accelerometer
• propeller
• parallax
• steim

[THETYRANNICIDE]

Is there an app for this?

[ffoitl]

@THETYRANNICIDE not yet. but maybe in the future?

there's however abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz for iPhone

[JoergStarkmuth]

Are the phonemes sample-based? Or do you actually use digital (or analog) filters simulating the resonances of the vocal tract?

[ffoitl]

there are no samples involved. it uses the vocaltract-simulation program that comes with the propeller chip

[jayzenx]

How's it coming with this instrument? Is it done? It's one of the best things I've seen in a while.

[ffoitl]

thanks for the comment. i am still working on it. currently waiting for ordered components...

[RoyOrbiton]

Very usefull....!!

[Fr0z3nFr0g]

this is soo cool. dont understand what its for, but its really cool.

[JohnTubeJacobs]

Yes Joerg, I too agree with many of the other commenters here. This is a wonderful creation. There is so much ordered meaning in the world nice to have such an open ended abstract text machine like this. You will definitely have a strong niche market for this device when you can finalise it.

Much respect, John

[ffoitl]

maybe i'll do both :-)