Ruiqi Liu

This week, Maggie came up with the idea that everyone uses one ultrasonic sensor, and the other one we can decide on our own. Then, when we came together, we didn’t find a very structured composition that works. Surprisingly, we all had a “distance sensor” (only I used ultrasonic sensor and they had LDRs) that … Continue reading Performance 7 – Synchronization

This week, we learnt about the conducted threads, and then I combined it with the traditional Chinese childhood game 翻花绳. Initially, we thought the position of hand and the length of the thread could change the pitch by changing the resistance. However, it didn’t work. So I switched the circuit to the piano finger one. … Continue reading Week 4 – Childhood Memories

This week, I used 3 LDRs and connected them all into the NAND chips. I make one controlled another and make it output to the speaker. At first, when we were making it on N4, I found the sound full and beautiful, with high pitch. But then during night time the sound completely changed. Especially … Continue reading Week 3: LLLDDDRRR

This week, I build my own instrument with LDR and a rotating “vinyl”. Drawing inspiration from DJ controller jog wheels. Thinking of combining LDR with patterns on the jog wheels to create sound patterns. I built the instrument with gear motor, LDR, Acrylic board and potentiometers. I used 3 LDRs, one on each side of … Continue reading Week 5 – Light Vinyl

This week, our new group Maggie, Sophia and I decided to keep exploring Halloween topic. We divide our group roles into a person who makes melody, a person who makes fx and a person who makes drum beats. I took the role for making drum beats.  After writing the basic beat, and everyone else finished … Continue reading Week6 Happy Halloween

Rehearsal Recording This week, we explored different materials to create improvised instruments. I experimented with rubber bands and found that their subtle vibrations could generate continuous sound. I also tried attaching the rubber band to an aluminum slider to change the pitch, but eventually discovered that the best sound came when I held the contact … Continue reading Week 2: Instrument Experiment

For this week’s performance, we mainly experimented with different objects and materials to observe how they affect sound. We tried using metals of various lengths, water, cans, tape, steel wire balls, cloth, and more. In the end, we found that aside from the length of the metal—which significantly changes pitch—most materials did not allow us … Continue reading Week 1: Modified Victorian Synthesizer