User:Markvandenheuvel/hackpat

Prototype #1

Introduction of main interests:

• 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)
• Program ([Houston Tracker)] is still not being used so much.
• 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: Wanna hear a 1-bit chord?

So, that worked. Let's speculate about the publishing / sharing possibilities:

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 receive a TI with the tracks on it (collected from thrift store / Marktplaats)

mail it to people

If interest arises: - hands-on hardware to get started. - See how tracks were produced might get people started - enlarge interest & community?

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

Project proposal:

https://pad.xpub.nl/p/mark_draft_proposal