Foxglove Instruments
Maker Faire Bay Area 2023
October 13th-22nd
A menagerie of handmade electronic and electroacoustic instruments including:
– meqanun: a robotic, electric, 12-string zither
– fluxharmonium: a digitally controlled, electromechanical synthesizer made from the guts of a Hammond Organ
Visitors will be able to interact with these instruments using:
– Pedestrial Activator: an organ foot pedal MIDI controller
– Bandy: a series of simple web based video games visitors play on their mobile devices which activate a machine learning algorithm to create musical phrases played by the instruments.
Topics covered by the project: Instrument building, wood working, MIDI, custom electronics and microcontrollers (Teensy/Arduino/RP2040/CircuitPython), and machine learning in music.
Thadeus Frazier-Reed
Thadeus Frazier-Reed is an interactive designer, composer, and creative technologist who experiments with hand-built instruments, generative systems, machine learning, and music.
