Music + Technology: Mobile Music
August 27th, 2008
The idea of mobile phones making music is far from being new, but it looks like someone has finally decided to take the concept seriously. The Japanese au Design Project and Yamaha teamed up to make a series of mobiles that double as musical instruments. The project resulted in six unique prototypes. The Band In My Pocket model incorporates several brass instruments, like trumped and harmonica. The sounds are generated through the user’s voice, and are controlled by the buttons. Trio In Your Hand has a more electronic approach, with an interface for DJs and dilettantes to make their own scratches. Box To Play is one of the most creative, in visual terms: a foldable handset, with several musical interfaces, including synth and a platform for scratches. The little piano Key To Touch is also foldable, and comes with a tiny keyboard. And, Strings for Fingers functions as a sliding interface to reproduce the sound of instruments like violin and cello. Check out more images and videos, after the jump.
Sticks In The Air: este modelo é divido em duas partes que se tornam baquetas virtuais que produzem sons de bateria.
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[...] icons at the bottom and then the black box with the arrow to view the videos, or watch the videos here) Looks like some really cool stuff is being done with the form factor of the cell phone. The cube [...]
[...] “The idea of mobile phones making music is far from being new, but it looks like someone has finally decided to take the concept seriously. The Japanese au Design Project and Yamaha teamed up to make a series of mobiles that double as musical instruments. The project resulted in six unique prototypes. The Band In My Pocket model incorporates several brass instruments, like trumped and harmonica. The sounds are generated through the user’s voice, and are controlled by the buttons. Trio In Your Hand has a more electronic approach, with an interface for DJs and dilettantes to make their own scratches. Box To Play is one of the most creative, in visual terms: a foldable handset, with several musical interfaces, including synth and a platform for scratches. The little piano Key To Touch is also foldable, and comes with a tiny keyboard. And, Strings for Fingers functions as a sliding interface to reproduce the sound of instruments like violin and cello. ” – Bola Sociology Design [...]
[...] design (click on the black box with the arrow beneath the diagrams). Also worth checking out are videos of Band In My Pocket in action over at Bola Sociology’s [...]
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