Quartet

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(Absolut) Quartet

Videos

Quartet

An Overview of the Quartet experience
'Sexy Machine'

A music video by Sabina Sciubba of the Brazilian G
Art of Robotics

Art of Robotics by Nico Raineau for Current

Images

(Absolut) Quartet	side view of marimba keys and key dividers	closeup of the marimba shooter reload mechanisms.	the nine piece percussion ensemble.
the marimba shooting mechanisms and closeup of the	the official Absolut Quartet ad, shot by Laurent S	front view of the absolut quartet keys, resonators	the first shooter prototype, 3 months before the f
final shooting mechanism design, repeated 42 times	collection of shooting mechanisms being assembled	dan assembling key dividers.	jeff tuning marimba shooters.
closeup of ball return mechanism. balls are custom	early model shooter with associated test electroni	closeup of some of the 100 custom electronics boar	opening night at 186 orchard st, ny, ny.

Quartet is a commission for the Absolut Visionaries project.
Log in to quartet.cc for a chance to interact with the installation. You will enter a 4-8 second theme, and the machine will generate, in real-time, a unique musical piece based on the input melody you have provided.
You will see this melody played by three instruments. The main instrument is a ballistic marimba, which launches rubber balls roughly 2m into the air, precisely aimed to bounce off of 42 chromatic wooden keys. The second instrument is an array of 35 custom-tuned wine glasses, played by robotic fingers. Finally, an array of 9 ethnic percussion instruments rounds out the ensemble.
For press images or a high resolution movie, please email.
The machine software and and all of our hardware documents are available to anyone who is interested. We are always lookings for composers and programmers who are interested in contributing to the project.