The sensors turned out to by uber sensative and we soon discovered that using our bare hands to “break” the beam of light was nearly impossible. which were used to essentially hardwire a midi note to a light sensor and then to notes assigned to zones in the K2500 and a “performance” in the Jv1080. The Kurzweil K2500 / JV1080 combination was routed to three (3) Motu MTP-Av’s. Each column of light was focused on a light sensor attached to the Horizontal bar and rigged so that when the beam of light focused on the sensor was broken, a midi note, which had been assigned to each sensor and to a Kurzweil K25oo and a Roland JV 1080 would sound. You will see columns of light facing up and down with a center horizontal “break point” between them. ![]() As one of the performers (it took four people to play the thing), a designer as well as the only sound designer on the project, I thought I would share the video and include some interesting details about the design of the instrument. ![]() Unfortunately the show that the instrument was designed for never opened so very few actually saw this instrument in action. This is a rare video of a musical instrument designed to be performed in a Las Vegas Show during the 1990’s.
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