BeatBearing sequencer

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By Becky Stern
Posted 2008/01/14 @ 6:00 pm
Category Art & Design, Music

Peter Bennett, a PhD student at the Sonic Arts Research Center in Belfast, made this sequencer that you program with ball bearings. It has four tracks: kick, snare, hi-hat, and cowbell. – [via] Link.

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7 Responses to BeatBearing sequencer

Brandon on January 14th, 2008 at 6:25 pm said:

I want that

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EJ on January 14th, 2008 at 6:31 pm said:

Very cool, but it needs more cowbell.

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Dirkus on January 14th, 2008 at 7:39 pm said:

I’ve got a fever… and the only cure is MORE COWBELL.

Seriously though, if I had one of these on my desk I would NEVER get any work done.

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Tom on January 14th, 2008 at 10:07 pm said:

I think that would be something cool to make. I’m just curious on how he made the red line running across the board. Is that a laser or LEDs ?

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Gav on January 15th, 2008 at 1:17 am said:

Tom,

I think the whole display is sitting on one of those interactive tables (made from a concealed IR camera and video projector). The line (and the circular ‘thumps’ as it makes as it passes the ball bearings) is an animation from the computer.

Cheers,

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samurai1200 on January 15th, 2008 at 8:55 am said:

that is phenomenal! if only this was made into a 16-step version (for 2 bars, or 16th notes), then it would be truly useful and freaking fun to play with. also, i think it could use a little more cowbell.

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