[sdiy] Mechanical synthesis

[Toby Paddock]

Whirly-Whirler LFO 
http://www.seanet.com/~tpaddock/spin_lfo.html

Magnetic Sensor as a Control Voltage Source
http://www.seanet.com/~tpaddock/mag2cv.html

"seismic" accelerometer (naked piezo disk 
with a heavy mass on it), photocell/candle, 
photocell/laser, photocell/sunlight, mems 
accelerometer, old oil filled resistive 
accelerometer.

But I really haven't done much besides trying 
them out. If I ever do actually start putting 
a modular together, I think the order would be: 
filter, vca, "universial" sensor inputs, and 
other stuff.

I also want to try air pressure sensors (like a breath 
controller), geiger counter (if I can get it fixed), 
flex sensors, force sensors, e-field sensors,
and the tilt sensors I got at a ham radio swap 
meet saturday (pendulum potentiometer in an oil bath).

Later,
Toby Paddock

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> Rainer Buchty wrote:
> >>Out of curiosity, has anyone connected any electronically controlled
> >>mechanical devices, other than spring reverbs, to their synthesis
> >>equipment---perhaps using microphones or other transducers?  It seems
> >>that the possibilities are most interesting.
> >>