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Play guitar with your tube lights

The "Optron" is a flickering noise making device that consists of a flourescent tube light plugged into an array of effects pedals so that it can play like a radioactive guitar. Watch the video to get the full effect of this beast.

via Pink Tentacle

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Posted by: Sean Lavery on October 2, 2008 at 11:31 AM

it's "fluorescent"...

it's bad enough that Home Despot can't spell it, but a Maker?

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Posted by: Collin Cunningham on October 2, 2008 at 10:16 PM

always good to see 'noise' instruments used in an actually musical way.

don't quite get the walkman connection, but if sony wants sponsor cool projects, all the better

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Posted by: Anonymous on October 7, 2008 at 3:18 AM

I'm actually seen this in person. To be honest it isn't all it's cracked up to be. The artist insists on cranking up the volume to painful levels (even with ear plugs on). In concept it sounds cool, but in practice, there's only so much loud noise you can take.

But then that seems to be the case with most audio "art" that I've come across... it's about how much cacophonous noise the artist can throw at the audience while still eliciting an applause.

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Posted by: annie on October 11, 2008 at 4:23 AM

"Metamorphis" and "Music Is Math" are two beautiful animations created by Glen Marshall using the visual open source programming language processing.
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