arnheMN core
Justin, 2019a digital instrument
Taking inspiration from two contrasting deserts, the ArnheNM Core combines the radioactive plutonium history of the high deserts in New Mexico with the rhythmic drones of the didjeridoo of Indigenous Australia. It can be described as a radioactive drone pipe, an aerophonic geiger counter, a core drawn from the deserts of Arnhem land and New Mexico.
It features three components that are stored in an insulating carrying case: the main controller, the opposing handle, and an attachable loudspeaker.
The Core was designed in Rhino3D and fabricated from lasercut baltic birch. It runs an ArduinoUNO, with four sensors. Sound synthesis is written in Faust and performed on an external computer.
Onboard MCU is an Arduino nano. Sensing is done with some linear pots, accels, TOF distance sensor, rotary encoder.
Sound is played to a speaker which is housed in the long canister.
