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mechantronic sound sculptures

bacchus	Bacchus is a kinetic sound sculpture, built by Jim Murphy, intended as an examination of the use of mechatronic components as a means of extracting new sounds from common objects.	Bacchus Triptych	Bacchus Triptych, built by Jim Murphy, is an outgrowth of the bacchus kinetic sculpture designed to allow direct human interaction.
Kritaanjli	Kritaanjli is a mechatronic harmonium built by Jim Murphy and Ajay Kapur.	MechBass	MechBass, built by James McVay, is a 4-stringed modular mechatronic bass guitar. Pitch shifts are accomplished with stepper motor-based linear motion systems, and picking events can be performed with variable loudness.
Mutor	Mutor is a mechatronic sound-object, designed by Mo H. Zareei, in which the sound of a DC motor is controlled and manipulated, in terms of frequency, timbre, and amplitude, through mechatronics and microcontroller programming.	Nudge	Nudge, built by Jim Murphy, is a mechatronic drum beater designed to retain the simplicity of traditional solenoid mechatronic drum beaters but to afford composers additional expressive parameters.
Rasper	Rasper, built by Mo H. Zareei, is a mechatronic noise-intoner in which mechatronics and microcontroller programming are used in order to highlight the audiovisual nosies of urban technologies.	Rippler	Rippler is a mechatronic sound sculpture, created by Mo H. Zareei, in which a sheet of steel is put onto a rippling motion using linear actuators.
Swivel 2	Swivel 2, built by Jim Murphy and James McVay, is a six-module robotic slide guitar.

interfaces and instruments

Chronome	Chronome is a monome-inspired Grid, with Color and Pressure Sensitivity built by Owen Vallis and Jordan Hochenbaum.	pyxis minor	pyxis minor is is a novel instrument / sequencer / synthesizer developed by Timothy Barraclough.
ESuling	Esuling, built by Jason Erksine, is an Indonesian hyperinstrument modified with sensors and a microchip.	EZither	EZither, built by Blake Johnston, is an electronically-augmented, bowed zither.
Kontrol	Kontrol, designed by Jon He and Kameron Christopher, is a hand interface built to extract the intricate expressivity of performers of various performative backgrounds.	MagneticTapes	MagneticTapes is a custom built interface for musical expression built by Bridget Johnson.
mHzKontrol	mHzKontrol is a custom-built MIDI controller built by Mo H. Zareei.	Modulome	Modulome is a modular, wireless interface collection based on the Monome and Arduinome projects built by Timothy Barraclough.
tactile.space	tactile.space is a multi-touch performance interface for live sound diffusion built by Bridget Johnson.	touch.modular	touch.modular is an interactive multi-touch synthesis program built by Bridget Johnson.
xingyue	xingyue, built by Jon He, is hand gesture recognition for thumb, middle, and ring fingers.	Chronus_2.0	Developed by Bridget Johnson, Chronus_2.0 is a custom built physical spatial controller designed to be easily incorporated into an electronic musicians performance configuration.

compositions and installations

Artifice	Artifice, by Mo H. Zareei.	Brutalist Noise Ensemble	The Brutalist Noise Ensemble, by Mo H. Zareei.
complex	complex, by Mo H. Zareei.	Gradient	Gradient, by Mo H. Zareei.
Immanence	Immanence, by Paul Mathews and Timothy Barraclough, is a multimedia installation, designed to provide an unsettling experience through use of non-tactile sensors, reactive moving parts and live sampling of sound.	Nebular	Nebular, by Bridget Johnson and Blake Johnston, is a performance piece featuring the EZither and tactile.space.
Orbits	Orbits, by Timothy Barraclough, is an interactive installation for Modulome interfaces.	Rasping Music	Rasping Music is an audiovisual piece using four mechatronic instruments, in which phase-shifting patterns of the mechanically produced noise are accompanied by synchronous bursts of white lights, creating a hybrid state in a trade-off between irregularity of noise and regularity of metric rhythms.
yamoto-damashii / gendruwo	yamoto-damashii / gendruwo, by Bridget Johnson and Jason Erskine, is a performance piece featuring the Esuling and MagneticTapes.