User:Markvandenheuvel/hackpat

Prototype #1

intro: - interested in the meaning of using obsolete tech today: revisiting and explore it's potential instead of discarding it - 'Zombie media' - main interest in low-tech: reveal inner workings (transparency) - implement it in today's workflow (audio/visual, programming, etc)

- Side interest: lo-fi music production and post-digital publishing - Interested in working with limitations. - creating workflows that reflect on what we use today

What I did for fun (not so deep):

> came across an DIY open-source project

> creates old calculators into a 1-bit music composing tool (instrument)

> uses the binairy output of TI-calculator to produce 1-bit sound

> 1-bit sound: on/off (real basics of electronics)

> Hardy anybody uses the program. Not finished yet.

> Bought the nessesary stuff to get it running. (very flimsy, hard to install but it worked)

> uses an audio input to load software (written in BASIC, same as C64)

> Demo: So wanna hear an 1-bit chord?

So, that worked. Lets speculate:

to spread this project, make a publication/release/demo. Not only for the music as an artist, but also to spread the word about this project:

- I would write a 4 track album for it and release it on a TI-83. - People that buy it would recieve a TI with the tracks on it (collected from thriftstore / Marktplaats) - mail it

if interested: - hands on Tech framework to get started. - See how they were produced. - enlage interest / community?

So this way, they can not only listen but also engage and possibly working with it.