Translations:The Hacked Orchestra @ Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ/22/en

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Workshop participants are seated at a table in the workshop space with computers, speakers and other electronic components in front of them. They are assembling the components together. The component setup seems to be a metallic bowl with a contact mic clamped on to it connected via a headphone jack as an audio input to a Teensy board. This boards in turn uses values provided by knobs and switches connected to it to produce electronic sounds that are played by a speaker.

Image description: Workshop participants are seated at a table in the workshop space with computers, speakers and other electronic components in front of them. They are assembling the components together. The component setup seems to be a metallic bowl with a contact mic clamped on to it connected via a headphone jack as an audio input to a Teensy board. This boards in turn uses values provided by knobs and switches connected to it to produce electronic sounds that are played by a speaker.

A self-made electronic music instrument sits on a table alongside a computer and a few other electronic devices. Two hands are actively manipulating the electronic current in the device with both a potentiometer and a switch connected to the breadboard. A speaker is emitting the generated electronic sound (hopefully). In the foreground stands a Zoom audio recorder pointed at this setup, capturing its noise output.

Image description: A self-made electronic music instrument sits on a table alongside a computer and a few other electronic devices. Two hands are actively manipulating the electronic current in the device with both a potentiometer and a switch connected to the breadboard. A speaker is emitting the generated electronic sound (hopefully). In the foreground stands a Zoom audio recorder pointed at this setup, capturing its noise output.

A hand holds a contact microphone flush to a metal pole with the generous help of pink fuzzy craft wire to keep it in place. Another hand holds an unrolled tie wrap and seems to be caressing the pole with it. This action should be generating vibrations in the pole that would in turn be picked up by the contact mic and converted into electronic sounds.

Image description: A hand holds a contact microphone flush to a metal pole with the generous help of pink fuzzy craft wire to keep it in place. Another hand holds an unrolled tie wrap and seems to be caressing the pole with it. This action should be generating vibrations in the pole that would in turn be picked up by the contact mic and converted into electronic sounds.

H&D workshop facilitators are seated on a stage at the end of the workshop demonstrating one of the electronic instruments that was built by workshop participants during the day. Not visible in the frame are the audience members of this demonstration: members of the public,  project partners and funders. The demonstration was unsuccessful as the device remained silent.

Image description: H&D workshop facilitators are seated on a stage at the end of the workshop demonstrating one of the electronic instruments that was built by workshop participants during the day. Not visible in the frame are the audience members of this demonstration: members of the public,  project partners and funders. The demonstration was unsuccessful as the device remained silent.