We were encouraged by our tutors to present at DM Lab an evening organised by Drake Music where people are invited to present their work and findings on accessible instrument building. The aim to bring together a community of musicians and builders to push innovation and access needs. It was organised by Rob Parton (DMLab… Continue reading DM Lab Presentation

I was tasked with the sound design while Daniel coded the pure data patch and the bela board. For the three example sounds to ‘create’ a soundscape we decided on Noise, Ambience and Field recordings. Initially we wanted a library of sounds for each but in the timescale we had we decided against it mostly… Continue reading Sound design

Although a hassle to book the laser cutter in the 3D workshop, Daniel and I managed to walk in and do it in 10 mins during a lecture. I bought the 3mm plywood from the 3D workshop supplies and with help from technician set up the laser cutter. We taped the plywood down and set… Continue reading Laser cutting and putting it together

Daniel and I used adobe illustrator to edit a simple svg template of a box from the internet. (makercase.com) We added four circles to mount each sensor on making sure they are far enough apart to stop interference as well as ease of use especially for somebody who struggles with mobility. We also added cutouts… Continue reading Box Design

We had a session with Megan Steinberg a composer and researcher from RNCM, Manchester who works with accessibility in musical performance and composition. She led us through different definitions of disability, accessible design and how to incorporate these into scores and live settings. She brought up that typically disability is seen as an illness that… Continue reading Megan Steinberg

link to website Drake Music are a national charity organisation who for over 20 years have pioneered the development of accessible music technology in teaching, learning, writing, and playing music. We had a field trip to their office in Rich Mix where Tim Yates, the head of research and innovation showed, and demonstrated to us… Continue reading Drake Music

In the concept development stage of the process Daniel and I were inspired by a number of different instruments. First of all even before this module started we watched a screening of a film chronicling all of Pauline Oliveros’ many projects throughout her life. What surprised me was near the end of her life she… Continue reading Context and inspirations

Daniel and I first got together as we were both interested in taking the accessible instrument pathway (the only ones in the class). I think we were both drawn to the idea of creating a physical object, something tactile for an assignment as we hadn’t done this before in the more abstract and intangible leaning… Continue reading Initial idea and steps