Moss crawls along the ground, holding water and touching the rock. The circuit becomes the moss, grounding my feet and pressing into the soil.

moss

moss is a DIY MIDI controller that I use in most of my electroacoustic improvisations. It allows me to engage with sound through my entire body, from hands to feet. By reading the subtle pressure under my feet, it responds to small gestures, reflecting the quiet and humble nature of moss—a layer that coexists delicately with wood and stone.

Demo

Project Detail

This project uses:

Teensy 4.1 Development Board
Square Force-Sensitive Resistor (FSR)
3.5mm mono audio jacks and cables, toggles, knobs, switches
magnets, leather, wood (unknown type)

The wooden box is designed together with Cheng-Lin Lee.

Einstein Lorenz

Circuitry and control voltage celebrate chaos, recursion, and entanglement.

To observe the entanglement phenomenon, simply turn the control knob or place some psychedelic CV candy on Einstein’s tongue. Through the audio or CV output, you’ll experience the entangled world through Einstein’s eyes.

Code

Inspired by the Gen patch made by Cycling ’74—the Lorenz attractor example that uses the history operator for chaotic functions—the system performs its work through recursive calculations. I replace the parameter inside the Gen patch with a control voltage that works in the Daisy Patch Submodule.

Project Detail

This project uses:

Daisy Patch Submodule
Serge Module
MaxMSP Gen

I took the Modular Synthesis Studio course at RISD SRST taught by Alex Chechile. We learned and applied concepts of voltage controlled synthesizers to creative coding and embedded computing platforms.