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Synthux Hackathon 2022

ParaAtmos

An artistically driven synthesiser that reinvents the environment that surrounds it
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Daisy Seed Microcontroller
Light sensor
Proximity sensor
Barometric pressure sensor
Altitude sensor
Pressure sensor
Temperature sensor
Humidity sensor
prompt
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maker/s
Deepali Mistry
Callum Flanagan
Ellice Ramsay-Slavic
Kristian McGurran
Stefan Elmes

Coaches & collaborators

institute
Birmingham City University
A generative synthesis instrument that produces music based on the current weather. Open Weather’s live weather API is used to produce the initial tonal characteristics of the synth while information about the instrument's immediate surroundings continuously changes and modulates the sound thanks to sensors housed within the instrument. The instrument provides a soundscape that compliments and is unique to its current location and its climate.
process & design

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How does it work?

The instrument works by detecting change in the environment. A initial frequency tone is generated according to the weather description for the day, data which is received from Open Weather ltd. These weather descriptions include "partially cloudy", "drizzle", "broken clouds" etc. For future works, additional weather data would be utilised to create a more complex soundscape. The weather description is then translated into an initial frequency tone which is then modulated by folding harmonics.
Open source code
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Daisy Seed Microcontroller
A powerful microcontroller for sound design
Light sensor
A light sensor detects light in its proximity
Proximity sensor
A proximity sensor detects movement
Barometric pressure sensor
Barometric, or atmospheric pressure is an indicator of weather. Changes in the atmosphere, including changes in air pressure, affect the weather
Altitude sensor
An altimeter or an altitude meter is an instrument used to measure the altitude of an object above a fixed level
Pressure sensor
A pressure sensor can sense when it is pressed. it can be used to create custom buttons and more
Temperature sensor
A temperature sensor measures when change occurs in temperature
Humidity sensor
A humidity sensor provides the actual humidity condition within the air at any given point or in any given place
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