1. 1. Contents Where do the music robots come from? (aka history lesson) Robotical instruments Robot Bands My Robots MR-808 Glitch Robot How to create, build & play robots
2. 2. Hello, I am Moritz Simon Geist from Sonic Robots
3. 3. Music robots History and famous representatives
4. 4. 19th Century: Piano Robots Pic: player piano ~ 1900 Wikipedia
5. 5. 19th Century: Piano Robots Piano robot Pianista 1863, Source: Wikipedia
6. 6. Modern Life: 20th and 21th Century robots Spread of DIY- and maker culture since the 80s. Since 2000s: Rise of DIY techniques (Arduino, 3D Printing) Explotational character of musicians (and technicians)
7. 7. Tonal String Robots Mechabass, J. McVay2003 Pic: J. McVay Link
8. 8. Tonal String Robots Guitarbot, Eric Singer, 2003 Pic: LEMUR
9. 9. Percussiv Drum Robots Yellow drum machine automous, driving Robot Pic: letsmakerobots.com
10. 10. Percussiv Drum Robots Felix Thorn: Felix machines Pic: Felix Thorn
11. 11. Music robots Technically Conceptional Tonal Robots Piano robots String robots Percussive, tonal robots Rhythm-Robots Deterministic Controlled by humans Anthropomorph-autonomous Iterativ patterns AI Reacting autonomously to surrounding
12. 12. Robot Bands
13. 13. Z-Machines (JP) Z-machines live in Tokyo 2013 Source: metro.co.uk
14. 14. Compressorhead Screenshot from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqE9zIp0Muk Frank Barnes / Compressorhead
15. 15. MR-808 Installation
16. 16. Mechanic Rhythm 808 MR-808 (Geist): Pic: Jrgen Lsel
17. 17. Installation MR-808 TR-808 Manual, 1981, Pic: Roland
18. 18. MR-808: Goals No more sound creation inside the computer Extending creativity Visual appealing MR-808 (Geist): Toms, Pic: Jrgen Lsel
19. 19. MR-808 (Geist): Claps, Pic: GEIST
20. 20. MR-808 (Geist): Claps, Pic: GEIST
21. 21. MR-808 (Geist): Claps, Pic: GEIST
22. 22. Lesson learned: thermoforming
23. 23. MR-808: Case Wooden case Many technics like 3D/Printing, vacuum molding MR-808 (Geist): Buttons
24. 24. Sonic Robots: Glitch Robot (2014) Glitch Robot
25. 25. Glitch Robot
26. 26. Glitch Robot
27. 27. Glitch Robot
28. 28. How to build music robots
29. 29. Why building instruments that - sound worse, - are harder to transport - are more difficult to build and maintain .. than its digital counterpart? Music Robots WHY?
30. 30. The pyramid of sound creation The POSC explains the connection between sound and technology. Source: GEIST
31. 31. The pyramid of sound creation Music robots cover many subjects thats what makes it so interesting.
32. 32. Motivation Appealing Interaction (visuals & sound) Making sound visible Extension of musical possibilites, hacking music Robots as extensions from body Last but not least: world domination
33. 33. Build music Robots: Think Goal is to find a cool sound. Through Experimentation Through planning
34. 34. Build music Robots: Think Experimentation
35. 35. Build music Robots: Think Planning Wanted: a cool bassdrum sound Sinus like Clean Decaying Source: http://ua726.co.uk/2012/04/18/diy-808-bass-drum/ What physical object sounds like that in real life?
36. 36. Build music Robots: Think Planning Pro Tip: ask a circuit Source: http://ua726.co.uk/2012/04/18/diy-808-bass-drum/
37. 37. Build music Robots: Think Planning What physical object sounds like that in real world?
38. 38. Build music Robots: Time for the Workshop!
39. 39. Build music Robots: Make Best sine wave is created by a metal tongue Marimba like Pitch can be precisly adjustes with tension
40. 40. CAD-Construction Build music Robots: Make 3D-Printing
41. 41. Electrical Circuitery Build music Robots: Make
42. 42. What do we need from the electrical side? C like Atmega328 MIDI-IN: One note triggers one Actor Power Amplifier (Mosfets) Actor: Motor, Solenoid Power supply (e.g. 12V / 10A) Case Build music Robots: Make
43. 43. Build music Robots: Make Start coding: Midi In stream Each note triggers one Pin on the Atmega MIDI-Channel select Pitch or CC to controll Motor speed or servo Software e.g. Arduino
44. 44. Build music Robots: Make What we did so far: Build mechanics Build electronics Programm C (Arduino)
45. 45. Mechanical system imposes delay from trigger to sound Latency within the C Latency can be up to several 100ms Latency Control
46. 46. The most important method to make music robot coordinated playable Time manipulation of MIDI data All sounds can be heard in time without delay Latency Control
47. 47. Latency Control (1)
48. 48. Latency Control (2)
49. 49. Latency Control (3)
50. 50. Latency control MAX/MSP
51. 51. Latency control Max Msp
52. 52. Latency control - Summary TOP: Needed to make robot playable (music) Measurement: by simple I / O Tool, signal- Response time is measured FLOP: No more live control latency is static
53. 53. Glitch Robot / Bass
54. 54. Last Step: Make awesome music!
55. 55. ALL YOUR BOTS ARE BELONG TO US THANK YOU @simongeist www.sonicrobots.com
56. 56. Upcoming shows 03.08-10.08, Berlin [DE], Krake Festival 29.08.2015, Duisburg [DE], Ruhrtriennale w/ Mouse on Mars and Tyondai Braxton 25.09.2015, Hamburg [DE], Reeperbahnfestival