Program
Live Multimedia Production
Project
Polymetronome
A hardware metronome device with 2 independent tracks to explore all possible polymeters and polyrhythms up to 16 beats. With sounds from real instruments.
FROM: 21 Dec 2024
TILL: Present
Team
Denis
Starov
Artifacts
3
video
First video of accent/weak beats with solenoid
MIDI-controlled solenoid rhythm prototype
video
Polymetronome UI and actuators
Updates
10
2025-04-13
Idea Announcement
Around this weekend the idea of a hardware metronome started forming as a fun way to explore rhythm with other people at the beach.
2025-04-13
Still up for motors, but got thoughts about solenoids already
2025-04-13
First motor tests
2025-04-13
First prototype with motor
2025-04-13
Motor and a hall sensor for feedback
2025-04-13
First experiments with solenoids
2025-04-13
Solenoid beater
2025-04-13
Solenoid complex rhythms
With first concerns about EM safety.
2025-04-13
EM safe solenoids
2025-04-13
UI is finalised, more features is introduced to the software