Now minted as Doctor in the Arts!
The project ‘JAZZ HANDS’ had 3 main goals:
– The creation of a wireless MIDI system for saxophones without altering the natural sound of the instrument.
– The creation of an original artistic work showcasing the system.
– Learning new skills in soft- and hardware development for artistic endeavour.
You can find an essay of my progress here:
Jazz Hands: Towards a Hybrid Saxophone
and a complete DIY guide for making your own Hybrid Saxophone!
a snippet of the resulting concert at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp can be found here:
Currently mixing brand new studio recordings of the works written for this performance in collaboration with the great Goeyvaerts String Trio
Enjoy!
Partners:
ARIA
IDLAB
Royal Conservatory of Antwerp
University of Antwerp
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Hybrid Sax + Decap smARTvalves
I had a blast @ Decap factory workshop testing my Hybrid Sax on their new innovative smARTvalves system 🤩
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Hybrid Sax @ KMSKA
A short video of my performance at the KMSKA resurfaced 🙂
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JAZZ HANDS #14
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JAZZ HANDS #13
Very pleased to inform you that my Ph.D. pre-defense was admitted by the honourable jury.
This means I can start preparing for the grand concert at the esteemed KMSKA, and this evening will be my public defense, granting me the title of Doctor in the Arts! How cool is that?
Please note I will not be able to address any health issues as a doctor in the future 🙂
More info soon. Stay tuned!
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JAZZ HANDS #12
I finished making the DIY guide and I’m happy to announce the project is now live on the Instructables website.
So in short: Now YOU can make your own hybrid sax!
All files including the firmware, test code and PCB fabrication files are published on my Github page. You can find all the links in the instructable too:
https://www.instructables.com/Jazz-Hands-Hybrid-Saxophone/
