Laptop Orchestra
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Laptork is an Argentina-based laptop orchestra, directed by Esteban Insinger and Fabian Kesler.
The group uses laptops, along with custom software and sensors, to create a computer music orchestra:
We can see the relationship with the orchestra concept transfered to the present, where the computers are our sound generators (in a violin they are the strings), the sensors are the exciters (they are in a violin the arch and the fingers), and the speakers are the resonant bodies (in a wooden violin it is the box). Hence, we speak of an “orchestra”, because we keep its essence, its concept, but we think it from a modern point of view.
David Toop On Making Sounds
In this documentary, David Toop discusses his thoughts on sound and their role in music. Toop speaks about his fascination with sound and how digital technology affects its creation and reception. He also explains the genesis of the ‘laptop orchestra’ as we see it in action during a recent workshop for new members.
Give it some time – Toop has some compelling thoughts on sound and music theory. Read more…
Laptop Orchestra
laptop_orchestra is an interactive synaesthetic instrument, designed for performances of audio visual compositions in real time.
The space conformation of the fifteen laptops, arranged on regular rows, brings back to the formation of an orchestral group.
On each one of them is installed a Software consisting in algorithms which activate sounds and abstract visual shapes based on color spectrum. Each laptop has its own sound and its own instructions for the construction of a shape.
Interacting from the orchestra conductor podium, lightly touching metal stems, it is possible to activate or deactivate each single laptop , permitting the generation of an endless number of different compositions.
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