Make’s headline is “CellularRecombomat circuit-bent-cellular-automata-synth.” I’ve read the post three times, and I’m still not exactly sure what it is. But I covet it.
My main idea with this gadget was to have optical control over the three main basic cellular automata (CA) controls (which are controlled by the pots on the right side, from the top): algorithm (the algorithm used to generate the type of cell which also controls what tone is generated based on the object created), width across the grid, and speed of cellular generation, each line generated one at a time from top to bottom. I replaced the LEDs in the snake lites reaching in from behind with optical resistors and each equate to the three pot-based control parameters. Ultimately I wanted to have the optical resistors control the output to the video screen, thus creating a recombinant feedback control loop.
Current status: “In its pretty little case.” The result: harmony of the spheres (wavelength of the blobs.)
CellularRecombomat: patch-bay circuit bent cellular automata video synth [Univac]
CellularRecombomat circuit-bent-cellular-automata-synth [Make]
This seems similar (although probably more powerful) than a recent homebrew DS project, called glitchDS.
In fact, there is a LOT of music based homebrew for the DS being released recently…
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