Beat Nexus

Multiplayer “casual instrument” for The Grammy Museum

  • Objectives: Create a visually impressive, one-of-a-kind “ensemble instrument”, facilitating true musical collaboration by guests with little or no musical training.

  • Contributions: Physical UI design with Affinity Designer, touch and light interaction design with Embodme’s Erae Touch II, software interaction design with Cycling 74 Max, sound design with Ableton Live, centerpiece spectrogram LED visualizer with Teensy Arduino, physical prototyping, play testing and assembly.

  • Status: Installed for the opening of the new and permanent Sonic Playground exhibit in January 2025.

  • Additionally: casework designed by Curious Beast and fabricated by Blackmouth.

  • Thanks: The Grammy Museum staff, Tim Thompson, Jason Donnelly, Brendan Hogan, and Reek Havok.

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