Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Hamster-controlled MIDI

Posted by michael on from the better-than-most-composers dept.

haeger writes "I found this wonderful page on the net. The project was initially fueled by the desire to explore the MIDI protocol. It was decided that this would be accomplished by building a MIDI device, and an intelligent hamster controlled MIDI sequencer was designed. Each voice was controlled by two hamsters: one that was responsible for adjusting the rhythmic qualities of the melody and another that modified the note sequence. With all of these elements in combination, an output was produced with very musical qualities. This is like Fritz & His Performing Hamsters with a geek twist. Video and music is provided on the webpage."

3 of 216 comments (clear)

  1. Despite.. by agent+dero · · Score: 4, Interesting

    the 'cool as hell qualities.'

    Does this question strike anybody; how much, alchohol/time/delirium must a person have to mix hamsters, small rodent aminamals, and MIDI.......

    Something just seems......weird here.

    --
    Error 407 - No creative sig found
  2. Re:Damn, beat me to it :) by darkewolf · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Depends on your sample rate. Ferrets (unless they develop the power of teleportation) move relative to their previous position. So you'd get a frequency shift more like a therimen (ack, is that the spelling of the damn thing).

    Whereas die have a tendency towards randomness (Obviously). Unless you use the randomness to seed an algorithm its going to sounds very musically odd and disjointed.

    --
    "That is not dead which can eternal lie...."
    Nimheil
  3. Before Midi and better than hamsters! by rspress · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I had (still have) a Sequential Circuits Pro One Synth. There was no midi then but it did have control voltage inputs for Gate(note on/off) and Pitch.

    Having a really sporting girlfriend at the time. A bit of wire, a nine volt battery and some Reynolds wrap and we were wired for sound. The synth was set for a pad/drone sound and she was one part of the circuit and I was the other.

    The changing resistances between our bodies made some both pretty cool and pretty funny sounds. We both enjoyed but the wires did cramp our style a little.