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A laser harp is an electronic musical user interface and laser lighting display. It projects several laser beams played by the musician by blocking them to produce sounds, visually reminiscent of a harp .
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Ben uses an oscilloscope to measure the capability of a photoresistor when hit by a laser. Felix writes up code to handle the input from the photoresistors into the Intel Edison chip, which will ...
Laser light is useful in entertainment because the coherent nature of laser light allows a narrow beam to be produced, which allows the use of optical scanning to draw patterns or images on walls, ceilings or other surfaces including theatrical smoke and fog without refocusing for the differences in distance, as is common with video projection ...
As for "careful inspection of concert footage", that's completely useless because those videos have been edited. As an example, the Laser Harp started malfunctioning during the 1990 Paris La Défense concert. If you happen to have a live recording from the Europe 2 radio station, it can plainly be heard.
The cloud harp, also known as the Keplerian harp, is an open form sound installation which converts the forms of clouds into audio and musical sequences in real time. It was created by Nicolas Reeves and the NXI GESTATIO laboratory at UQAM in 1997.
The laser harp became so successful that Jean-Michel Jarre ordered a version from Bernard Szajner for his tour of China. Despite all this, Szajner would only occasionally use this instrument in his own performances. He has stated that he would rather the public not know him solely for his work on the laser harp, and that it not be allowed to ...
Leafcutter John has engaged in several projects, both commissioned and DIY.Examples include installing microphones under a creaky wooden floor to record and manipulate the sounds in a software program, growing and constructing piezoelectric crystal microphones, touring the Grand Union Canal, [15] building a laser "microphone" and creating a massive morse code chorus for BBC Radio 3.