Paja

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-Playing on air

A Spatial Instrument
-a variation of the famous ‘Theremin’ by the Russian inventor Léon Theremin (1919)

Inputs
-distance
-sectors in the visual field
-ripple gestures

Processing
-movement through the sectors and steps builds up a sequence
-making a ripple gesture triggers a chain reaction of samples in the stack
-also a single sample can be triggered
-distance affects the volume and pitch of the ambient background tone
-a combination of distance and spatial grid selects a sample from the pool
-temporal effects on volume and filtering for the samples in a chain reaction

Outputs
– MIDI events into Reason (possibly)
– samples loaded inside PD
– stereo sound through loudspeakers

Interface
Bodily movement in space for a single person using 2 hands and ripple gestures controlling speed, pitch and the triggering of (stacked) sample sequences.

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