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EtchASound
Posted May 14th 2006 under AudioVisual, Cybersonica, Installations, Sound
[update - project build photos]
Showing at the Cybersonica 06 Sonic Art Exhibition, created by Seulki Kang & Kenichi Okada (under the name atoyfactory).
EtchASound is an installation inspired by the world famous toy Etch-A-Sketch. By interacting with EtchASound audiences can have the unique experience of drawing with their own voice.
First the user creates a 2 dimensional image in real time with his or her voice, and after a few moments the computer converts this into a 3 dimensional drawing. Then when you wear anaglyph glasses (3d red and cyan glasses) users can see in real space the drawing that you have created.
The user’s voice is input through four microphones. Volume controls the vertical and the horizontal variables. Pitch controls the depth. Therefore by using nothing but your voice you create a 3d drawing.
Voice is one of our most defining characteristics, we can usually recognise a person just by his or her voice. In addition, in this project we aim to let people discover a new and creative application for their voice, namely drawing. The artist usually uses his hand to draw, but in EtchASound our voice plays the role of the hand.
A technique called Pepper’s Ghost makes the 3D sketch appear to be floating in space.
Comments
(May 16th 2006)
[...] Among the delights inside: suspended disco satellites controlled by Korg Kaoss Pads, motion tracking that translates a performer into a shadow puppet monster (complete with roaring sounds), a liquid, fully-3D interface for making music which shall be known at CDM simply as the hotness, a 3D Etch-a-Sketch for sound, an installation with an interface controlled by torn paper, and even a mechanical contraption that samples visitors onto analog tape (it’s not all digital). [...]
(May 20th 2006)
EtchASound 神奇声音
在第å…Â届Cybersonica声音艺术展上展出了çâ€?±Seulki Kangå’ŒKenichi Okada（署åÂ?Â?atoyfactory）设计的装置“神奇声音（EtchASound）â€Â?。
这个装置åÂ?—到举世闻åÂ?Â?的玩具“Etch-A-Sketch（动çâ€?»ç‰‡çŽ©å…·æ€»åŠ¨å‘˜é‡Œçš„玩具…
(May 30th 2006)
[...] Process of making Etch-a-Sound [flickr set] Etch-a-Sound at Cybersonica [flickr set] Etch-a-Sound on Pixelsumo (blog of the Cybersonica curator, Chris O’Shea) Project Page, atoyfactory [...]