welcoming the daxophone

Drawn at Jun 22 2009 | devices, music

I recently made a great instrument swap with talented builder Daniel Fishkin; he got a sound camera and a dR0NEMATr1X, and I got a beautiful custom built daxophone!  Its really fun to play and has the unusual power to imitate animal voices.

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Yes, the tongue is mounted backwards in one of the photos.

Here’s a recording of my maniacal and amateurish daxophone stylings.  The accompaniment is electronic percussion from a pair of analog percussion circuits I’m designing, based on TR808 sounds with ‘extraterrestrial’ modifications.

 extraterrestrializer vs daxophone

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sound camera update

Drawn at Jun 18 2009 | devices

The sound camera project is alive and well, with a newly designed high fidelity preamp.  Now I’m ready to capture video field recordings; here’s a demo cut.  The raw audio is pure, but unfortunately youtube has added distortion and crackling noise.

 

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