Conductive Melody
Amped Atelier (Sahrye Cohen and Hal R
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Experience interactive demos that blur the line between fashion, technology, and music. Musical clothing that transforms conductive textiles into an instrument, an art piece that makes bird calls through capacitive touch and playful pom-poms threaded with conductive materials that modify synthesizer sounds. This hands-on showcase demonstrates how everyday materials can be transformed into expressive musical interfaces, creating an immersive experience where your interactions shape the soundscape. Join us as we demonstrate how soft, tactile materials can create unexpected musical moments.
Conductive Melody is a garment that enables performers to produce music and light using a sleeve of laser-cut conductive fabric as a capacitive touch interface. Inspired by harp strings, the interface has a vertical organic design. A Raspberry Pi computer uses input from the conductive designs to generate music, visually represented by LEDs on the garment. The music can be played from a wearable speaker, a MIDI synthesizer, or an external sound system.
Dawn Chorus is inspired by the outbreak of birdsong at the start of a new day. Conductive fabric forms a capacitive touch interface that plays real birdsong audio files from the Cornell Ornithology Lab.
Pom-pom Pop has soft interfaces using textiles and conductive materials that can control synthesizer sounds.