While looking for inspirations for the group project, I came across this brilliant and intuitive TUI music device. The Bubblegum Sequencer uses a grid that reads "gumballs" that are associated with different beats or special effect sounds. By manipulating and reorganizing the balls on the grid, the user can easily create various sequence of beats. The TUI allows a direct, visual approach to composing music.
A camera is located under the grid to recognize the gumball placements. Once the computer connected to the camera detects the positioning and color of each ball, it reads their sequence and identity and plays them accordingly.
This unique device introduces a grid system that can help us arrange our music bubbles. Sequencing music clips and connecting them under a united rhythm are two of our possible tasks for the project. And the ideas from the "Bubblegum Sequencer" inspires me to find a physical or digital grid that could read different music clips (instead a single beat) and interlock them to create a smooth music mashup. I look forward to the challenge.
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