Team:NYU Shanghai/Design

Overview

We've created an interactive beat generating machine.



The tube rack generates the background beat. Tubes contain colorful bacteria, and each color corresponds to a different bass sound. Sound is read left to right.

Bacterial colonies are translated into a step sequencer. Bacteria express fluorescent or chromoproteins. Different colors correspond to different instruments.

Allows user to control cameras and volume.

Represents an oscillator.

Step Sequencer
    How did we make the step sequencer?
Tube Rack
    How did we make the tube rack?
Button Control
    How did we make the button control?
40 Minute Sound

Hardware

These are our diagrams we made to laser-cut the hardware we needed.


Camera Stand



Button Box



Tube Rack



Tube Rack Bottom



Disk Rack