Radiodrum-controlled Disklavier- Jaffe/Schloss

Excerpt from a suite of cadenzas from David A. Jaffe's "The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World," scored for Radiodrum-controlled Disklavier and eight instruments, with the solo part developed in collaboration with Andrew Schloss, who performs the solo part on this video. The Radiodrum was originally developed at Bell Labs by Bob Boie and Max Mathews as a three-dimensional mouse. Here it sends 3D info for each mallet to a computer which then sends commands to the piano. The effect is to map percussive idioms and vocabulary onto the piano, creating a new hybrid "drum-piano." From a live performance at the Western Front, B.C. Canada. The entire work is available on CD from Well-Tempered Productions. Also available on iTunes. See www.jaffe.com for more information.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• David A. Jaffe
• Andrew Schloss
• Radiodrum
• Disklavier
• computer music
• MIDI
• CCRMA
• drum-piano
• Max Mathews
• Radio-drum
• radio drum
• yamaha
• Fresh Digital Produce

[DavidAJaffe]

Capacitive sensing. The sticks are transmitting a radio signal and the pad contains an antenna that receives it. The rest is software :-) Seriously, the composition *is* the software plus the score. The software circumscribes what can be played, the player then expresses himself within that context. - David A. Jaffe

[nothoughtdesigns]

Schloss is the best part of my day

[fallingmasonry]

how the heck does that thing work?

[2466VM]

Im in Andrew Schloss's class at uvic. Awesome guy.