Frazer Merrick

Acoustic levitation!

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Petition to blacklist snorers from hostels. Or give them their own rooms where they can snore in harmony.

Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge?

It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.

I am sickened by the relentless demonisation of refugees.

No refugee underfunded a school.

No refugee closed a hospital.

No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled.

We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!

At this point, the word immersive has lost all meaning.

SPOKE

I submitted SPOKE for the MIDI awards. Public voting starts soon (now?). There's at least 4 other projects in the awards of people I know and who also deserve to be recognised. So, you know, vote for who you think should win :)

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Making music from mud!

Blowing bubbles with a small air pump, and resonating the sound (from a hydrophone) in Ableton.

Squeaky gate ambient drone 🗿

I think *fake podcast* might just be my most hated advert format. So much grifting.

*ableton

Yeah! There’s a nice “bounce” midi effect in able that does precisely this. Once I add a few more I can drift each bounce to another solenoid too 🤩

Audio to midi to solenoid 🤩

Low tide on the river Colne, Colchester. A carpet of Trolleys, bikes, cones, road signs lining the bottom of the river.

Midi bubbles!

Playing with my new midi to motors PCB. Now I can control solenoids, motors and even an air pump with Ableton 🤩

Circuit bending the Casio SK1. It’s now a fun improv drum machine!?

My running route took me through the bagpipe festival in Colchester’s lower castle park.

A beautiful cacophony!

More info about the mic here www.clipsoundandmusic.uk/photonsmasher/

Petition to ban voice notes longer than 10s.

I do not want to listen to your monologue. Collect your thoughts and write them down. Please 😩

Recording lightning with my solar panel microphone. Dramatic cracks and pops!

Each flash of light generates an electrical output from the solar cell, which is connected directly to an audio output.

It does yeah

Photon Smasher - CLIP - Make Music with Light! Discover a hidden world of sound with the Photon Smasher, the microphone that turns light into sound so you can make music with light!

You might be interested in the solar cell mic that I make, the Photon Smasher! www.clipsoundandmusic.uk/photonsmasher/

West Ham, forever snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

BIG BIRD WHISTLE!

Can any twitchers identify this? It’s birdsong was so loud!

Suitably weird! Just ordered some better ear defenders that have a tighter fit/better isolation, so hoping the effect will be stronger with v2 😵‍💫

haha 👏 I did consider 3D printing some ears for the end of the tubes... so maybe!

Reverse listening headphones!

I’ve been working on some science of sound teaching resources and made these 🎧

Why on earth are ITV using the Live Love Laugh font for their #6nations coverage 🤢

Did you know you can use a solar cell to listen to light? 💡 🔊