instrument-a-day 16: singing flower


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Spinning flower sings Mozart!

A hastily-constructed Max patch reads a midi file and turns it into rotation speeds for the motorized flower. Based on the wooden synthesizer and an idea by John Glover.

You can actually see the motor seize up when it tries to hit the high note the second time.

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