Rot Speakers As of 2026-06-27

Overview

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Point in time look at work in progress including various rotating loudspeakers and sound generation samples. I summarize some of the recent technical developments.

3 of the rotating loudspeakers were designed and fabricated by John Driscoll. Several other by Phil Edelstein. A Mac mini running Ableton Live controls the motion and sound.

The recent developments are refinements to the software exttending the methods for sound generation.

There is an Ableton set with:

• DMX control for rotating loudspeakers
• Input from 4 channels Pepsi Modulator
• 2 Audio Ableton generators
  • “Marimba” based
  • custom “proximity player
• Multi Channel File Player – cf-sfplay
  • see notes: https://composers-inside-electronics.net/cie-wp20/convolution-web-app-for-new-ear-proposal-2027/
• Surround Panners
• 8 channels Rotating Loud Speakers
• 4 channels fixed loudspeaker
• Custom Abelton Devices

Top Level Ableton Set

DMX Control Stip

Custom Ableton Devices

Multichannel Player

“Marimba” audio generator strip

Proximity Controller

Further information https://composers-inside-electronics.net/cie-wp20/rotation-primitives-for-rotating-speaker-orchestration/

Proximity Audio Generator

Position information derived from the Proximity Controller is used to produce a correlated audio output.