Filigramophone — a sound-enhanced pen tablet

The filigramophone is a hardware/software digital instrument.

The hardware part consists in a pen tablet embedded in a wooden case with piezzo microphones and acoustic transducers.

The software part is constantly evolving. It includes a synthesis engine allowing several synthesis sources (granular, FM, etc.), as well as spectral convolution between audio signal received from the piezzo microphone and the synthesis engine. The piezzo+acoustic transducer also allows for controlled feedback effects, and that is sweet.

It has been used in the first version of FIB_R and with the ONE electroacoustic ensemble, before being replace by the Xypre.

Filigramophone - setup overview

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Filigramophone - visual markers

Author: Vincent

Independant R&D engineer and artist, crafting digital instruments for audio/visual live performances, installations and interactive applications. I post some of my works and news on this site.