TM

Torture Machines — animated electronic sound systems that are simultaneously sound generators, audio processors, and performance scores. A set of lights embedded in the instrument determine where, what, and when to play. The sound is amplified and fed into long shifting feedback delay systems.

TM is a collaboration with travis thatcher / the voice of saturn

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An onboard micro-controller controls six lights installed on top. Players take turns by touching one of 5 capacitive nails which randomly change both the lights and audio processing parameters. The TM can be calibrated to have more or less autonomy and authority in the system. Long feedback delays give the system slowly fading memories, taking sounds from contact microphones and repeating them at long intervals. Over time the delay times begin to shift, modulating the delay lines in unpredictable ways.

Torture Device Performances

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