The ToneLadder / Die TonLeiter
If a household ladder is extended with a melodic function, it will develop into a real musical instrument. The ordinary ladder transforms into a soundladder.
Stepping on a bar of the ladder creates a sound or tone which is different from rung to rung. So you can create a piece of music by stepping up and down on the ladder. Together with a partner you can even play a duet. awards & exhibitionspast exhibitions, performances and awards:
- 2006 3-week exhibition @ "Artespace" (interactive childeren exhibition),
House of commerce, Stuttgart
- 2005 Performance on the border bridge between Frankfurt(Oder) and
Slubice (Polen), German-Polish year (may 8th)
- 2005 Performance @ Transmediale Mediafestival / DorkBot@C-Base, Berlin (6./7. February)
- 2004 exhibition @ Chaos Communication Congress 21C3 and VJ-
Congress AVIT, Berlin (27.-29. December)
- 2004 exhibition @ NEXT'04-future technology exhibition Copenhagen, Denmark (1./2. December)
- 2004 nomination for European Top Talent Award, Vienna (18. - 21. November)
- 2004 exhibition @ Museum of Technology Vienna (4. - 18. November)
- 2004 Performance @ sound exhibition KLAK!, Kassel (2.10.)
- Club Zentrale Randlage, LIVEshow, Berlin July 2004
- World of Events, Presentation of wireless ToneLadder, Tradefair Wiesbaden
- Cybernarium Days@Siemensforum, Munich Dec. 2003 - Jan. 2004
- Artespace interactive childrens exhibition, Munich Nov. 2003
- 2nd designers walk off Berlin 2003, Liveshow for fashion label SYOM
- KNIPS-Youth and Web federal initiative, Vernissage Chemnitz
- Cybernarium Night 2003 of Fraunhofer Institute Darmstadt
- 1st price @ Multimedia Transfer Award and LEARNTEC fair Karlsruhe
- Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich / 5-day exhibition
- 6th garage festival, Stralsund / 2-week exhibition
- AUTOMATENBAR, Berlin / Liveshow and 2-week exhibition
- Museum of Communication Berlin "museums night event"
Department of Trade and Industry, Berlin "open house event"
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The ToneLadder
If a household ladder is extended with a melodic function, it will develop into a real musical instrument. The ordinary ladder transforms into a soundladder.
Stepping on a bar of the ladder creates a sound or tone which is different from rung to rung. So you can create a piece of music by stepping up and down on the ladder. Together with a partner you can even play a duet
midiGun 1.0
The "midiGun" is a novel handheld midi controller. This gunshaped interface was especially designed to remotely control realtime music softwares like Ableton LIVE, Traktor DJ or others.
The "midiGun" replaces the classical DJ mixer and the keyboard at the same time. The "midiGun" is a new kind of device that can be intuitively used because of its handy shape and easy accessible knobs, buttons and sensors.
The user can trigger and control sounds and effects on a PC without watching a monitor or using a mouse and keyboard. The controllers and sensors can be individually customized to fit the connected software or to serve special user preferences. The "midiGun" offers 16 different controllers which can be cascaded in 16 switchable sets. This allows for a total of 256 independent sound and effects controls at the reach of your fingertips. Additional lighting effects and a visible distance measuring laserbeam guarantee for the attention of the audience.