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Gort

Gort, a Theremin-like experience installation at Burning Man 2007 - Link.

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Posted by: TheThompsonFive on October 13, 2007 at 10:24 AM

Klaatu barada nikto.

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Posted by: dragonphyre on October 13, 2007 at 8:11 PM

Most. Annoying. Sound. Ever.

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Posted by: samurai1200 on October 15, 2007 at 11:55 AM

pretty awesome.

question: was the reverb an effect of having all those large antennae so close to each other (some sort of simple/harmonic oscillation) or did they just add a reverb before the sound output? anyone know?

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Posted by: uli_k on October 17, 2007 at 3:11 PM

Thanks. There was a good amount of interference with six antennas that large & close to each other. That didn't create the sound effects though. We cheated a bit, two of the six signals were routed through guitar floor effects.

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Posted by: parabola on December 6, 2007 at 7:37 PM

Awesome, bends the mind a little. Can't get that experience in front of a TV, or even online. Experiencing something different is always a cool thing to do. Science!

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