Orbiter- Interactive Sound Equipment

I'd like to welcome you to the Oribter.

Now to explain. In this installation inspired by reaching for the stars and the musical patterns within the universe, people are encouraged to lay down beneath the huge screen and make a small gesture, for example pointing upwards. This then creates projections of images onto the screen (the stars) as well as wierd and wonderful musical sounds that accompany them. Each version of the Orbiter features various scenes with different graphics, noises and behaviour.

Some create an illusionary nightsky firmament, playing more melodic or ambient sounds whilst others experiment with the possibilities of graphical abstraction and rough synths, allowing you to even play drum’n bass-like sounds.

The music is played on a scale of concentric circles, visible in some of the scenes, with higher tones on the larger, basses on the smaller circles. The bigger you let a star grow before you pull back your hand to insert it into orbit, the louder it plays. Like the stars orbit on the large ceiling screen above the player, the surround sound orbits in the room on up to 10 high-tone-channels, supported by a bass box and a solid bourne sound speaker underneath the player´s couch.

http://www.field.io/project/orbiter#/0