Instruments
Circuit bending and 'dirty electronics/punktronics' instrument building is rapidly growing in popularity within electronic music circles, and many students become interested in constructing 'DIY' electronic instruments from scratch using sensors, electronics and even 'junk'. Using the Max/MSP programming environment, or programmable hardware such as Arduino circuits, students can also build entire musical interactivity environments which audiences can play as instruments.
A custom instrument developed as a final-year research project, housed in the body of a 1954 General Electric Company radio.
An Arduino-based 8-step sequencer and synthesiser
A free improvisation with amplified objects and computer processing
A third year Dirty Electronics creative project involving circuit bending
An improvised performance using an ensemble of circuit bent instruments consisting of drum toy, keyboard-style device, one-armed bandit and a globe-shaped push-button toy