Violin Automat (on)"..fascinating in both his sonic and technical revelation."
Johanna Paulsson im Dagens Nyheter, Stockholm 5/2019 über den Violinautomat, präsentiert in der Galerie für Design und Architektur, Tallinn, Estland.
VA Oktober 2019 für Lab30; Blick auf die Unterseite
Experimenteller Violinautomat im TV
There are many videos of stationary music machines. This can travel on the plane, without special freight charges.
Here we see the two tourist suitcases with the disassembled violin automaton after the exhibition in Tallinn 2019.
Foto: Jakob Tauber
Ab 2012 entwickelt K.F. Gerber das Klangobjekt "experimenteller Violinautomat". Es soll von Anfang an verstanden werden als work-in-progress. Da die Steuerung mit dem verbreiteten MIDI-Protokoll erfolgt kann es verwendet werden
- als ePlayer zum Abspielen entsprechender Partituren
- als ePlayer bei der Fomelimprovisation
- Simulationstool für erweiterte Spieltechniken
- extended practice "musique concrète mécatronique "
- gesteuert von eine interaktiven Software, die von Sensoren (z.B. Mikrophonen) angeregt wird. Damit also als "Roboter".
- oder als Klangskulptur; Klanginstallation, Art Sonore
Als Work-In-Progress bestehen keine stabilen Festlegungen für die Steuerungsfunktionen, daher wurde vorläufig noch kein "MIDI-Implementation Chart" veröffentlicht, der es anderen Komponisten möglich machen würde, dafür zu komponieren. Stattdessen werden von Auftritt zu Auftritt Verfeinerungen vorgenommen. Die Technik erfreut sich ebenfalls der Improvisation. Um so wichtiger ist die Dokumentation mittels Video.
experimental Violinautomat: Performances till 2020
2020 - München MGNM Musikfest with Karina Erhard (fl) (premiered Sept 20, 2020 at Schwere Reiter SCOPE)
22020 - Matera Intermedia 2020 (IT) re-programmed to Sept. till Nov. (Award of Distinction! )
2020 - Bangkok TNMAS (accepted), reprogrammed to Dec 18-20, 2020, performed as live stream
2020 - Buenos Aires ATEMPORANEA (accepted), shifted to 2021
2020 - Hamburg TENOR (accepted) shifted to 2021)
2020 - Hamburg KLG (accepted,)shifted to 2021)
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2019 - Augsburg Abraxas Studiobühne; Lab30 Festival
2019 - Seoul, Korea, SICMF Festival, Platfom_L
2019 - Tallinn, Estland, ISCM World Music Days 2019
2019 - Berklee College, Boston MA, USA; SEAMUS National Conference 2019
2019 - University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, USA, MOXSonic Festival
2019 - Einstein München, Roboter Jazz? mit Karina Erhard, Markus Muench und Christoph Reiserer
2019 - Akademie der Künste Berlin; Eröffnungsfestival Bauhaus100
2018 - Residenz München; Bay. Akad. der schönen Künste; Musik im digitalen Zeitalter
2018 - Einstein München; Maskao Meets the Robots mit Masako Ohta und Christoph Reiserer
2018 - Einstein München, RoboterJazz mit Christoph Reiserer und Stefan Hetzel
2017 - Einstein München. Electronic Music Unlugged mit Ch. Reiserer und Peter Wiessenthaner.
2017 - Frankfurt a. M. Festival SKOP 2017 (mit Peter
Wiessenthaner)
2017 - Berlin, Akademie der Künste Festival Kontakte.
2017 - Make Munich 2017 Zenithalle München
2015 - Projektraum Streitfeld München, Akustronik#11 (gemeinsam mit Christoph
Reiserer)
2012 - Deutsches Museum München "Verspielte Maschinen" (und andere z.B. Christoph
Reiserer)
FAQ Sensor32
Q: Is the Sensor32 array a Theremin?
A: No, not.....In this demo video my intention was to show smooth fading without sound (avoid those misunderstandings like Theremin.....) In this video "noTheremin" Sensor32 is used exclusively to conduct 12 indvidual light bulbs, each flashing in different speed (rhythm).
Q: In Facebook the DJane from Estonia asks: can it be a light show?
A:Answer yes, as soon as there is sound to it (which is technically ready)
Q: How does it compare to a theremin?
A: It is polyphonic, can control any parameter in multimedia and sound synthesis. The resolution may be weaker but at the same time may be easier to play.....depends on the control software. If you insist in the term Theremin: sensor32 represents 16 Theremins ;-)
Q: To Roger Nov2, 2022, Facebook. He proposed a link to a performance on a historic Thermin
A: My comments in Facebook, (to Roger Nov2, 2022)
Dear Roger, thank you for your interest in sensor32. Your example film shows the virtuoso use of a real Theremin. One hears a unanimously artfully ornamented melody (single voice, two parameters: pitch and volume). I don't start from the Theremin. But if you really want to compare it, it would be 16 theremins (however not RF waves contolled but infrared distance). With some training, you should be able to play in two voices, the volumes with your lower legs. Even more voices for more people at the same time. My interest is in live computer music. Basically I am interested in improvisation with more than two parameters! Imagine a soundscape that I dive into with my whole body. More text can be found at www.sensor32.com
Completing a questionnaire from Electronicsound/UK (sensor32 finalist)
1. Describe your instrument in one sentence
2. What inspired you to build it?
3. Were you inspired by a particular instrument maker/invention?
4.How long did you work on your instrument?
5. Do you have plans to pass on/perform with the instrument after the competition?
6. What experience do you have in instrument making?
7. What did you learn while making the instrument?
8. Advice for young instrument makers?
1. Control a large number of continuous electronic parameters very spontaneously and directly with the whole body at the same time for sound, rhythm, space, visuals, etc.
2. Two shortcomings of loudspeaker music: (ad hoc) composing and instrumental creation of sound remain imperceptible.
3. Unconsciously by Therem and more likely by Matthews Radio Baton and Christina Kubisch.
4. One year
5. I myself play concerts e.g. at MOXSonic 2023 and in a duet with flutist Karina Erhard again and again in Munich and elsewhere.
6. I have never built real instruments, but have automated quite a few (interactive) instruments since 2012
7. Specifically PCB design with KiCad
8. He who makes what everyone makes gets what everyone gets (stock market wisdom, here on the subject of originality, authenticity).
Backstage Oct 3, 2022
at NYU´s Garage performance space in Brooklyn.
Setting up sensor32 array.
(Ircam Forum)
Gerber in Releases
Releases from the 1990ies and K7-scene: klick for Discogs listings
Youtube Eigenklang Roboterjazz
Noten/Score Download "Loops " für Piano Solo von 2003