• JAZZ HANDS #4

    Upgrades all over! The hall effect switches were redesigned, the Teensy LC was upgraded to a Sparkfun ESP32 Thing and everything now has its place on a beautiful PCB. The sensors and magnets are attached to the body of the saxophone with sugru adhesive. A total of 32 digital sensors can be interpreted now. The…


  • ARTICULATE @ DeSingel 2022

    I curated this year’s ARTICULATE festival at DeSingel. Be welcome next week, it’s FREE!!Full program and practicals below: https://www.ap-arts.be/evenement/articulate-2022


  • JAZZ HANDS #3:

    Migrating to hall effect sensors.When scanning the keys of the saxophone, live sound is not needed for MIDI. This is a step in the right direction for making a true sax-controller.Parts used: hall effect sensors, magnets and a Teensy LC.


  • JAZZ HANDS #2

    Bringing the first audio to MIDI prototype to my artistic promotor Kurt Van Herck


  • JAZZ HANDS #1

    Saxophone to MIDI: phase 1 -> audio to MIDI This first prototype uses: Viga Music Tools piezo as a pickup, SecondSound DACO160EVK for audio to MIDI and an Axoloti and MIDI controller to generate the sound.In this first experiment I try to open up some new possibilities with chords. The Axoloti has 4 buttons attached…