Robotic Percussions

Posted by camille on February 24, 2010

Patrick Flanagan wrote me an email about his robotic percussions project, Jazari, named after the Engineering genius of the Islamic world in the Middle Ages. With two Wiimotes and their MotionPlus extensions, he is making music with three robotized instruments: a djembe, a bongo and some hand percussions.

But it’s not just about solenoids and motors. Patrick has brought a whole knowledge of algorithms and music theory that enables him to actually improvise and build a stunningly expressive music.

OSCulator 2.9.2

Posted by camille on February 10, 2010

New Features:

  • Support for Nunchuk on MotionPlus pass-through mode.
  • Perfect Pairing extension has support for newer Wiimotes.

Changes:

  • Fixed a problem with iPhone MSA Remote client.
  • Solves a problem with MIDI output where two instances of “OSCulator Out” would be created.
  • Fixed a problem with string arguments routing.
  • Better robustness in the case of Wiimote sudden disconnection.
  • MotionPlus mode (Continuous, Cyclic, Infinite) is now properly saved in the document.