Gizmodo: equalizer

Dancing Faces, Dancing Faces, Electrifying Dancing Faces!

Jesus Diaz — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:00:00 EDT

After his debut, Daito Manabe decided it was time to torture four of his friends by connecting them to his Face Visualizer—a player which stimulates facial muscles using electrodes. The resulting video is funny.

The first video was good, but this one is even better, specially their reaction at the end. Clockwise, these four guys are Muryo Honma, Setsuya Kurotaki, Motoi Ishibashi and Seiichi Saito, and they all probably hate—in a good way—their friend Daito for making them look like hyperactive anime characters.

As you can see, the faces are perfectly choreographed thanks to the electrodes stimulating their faces, following the sound beats. [Pink Tentacle]

Real Equalizer T-Shirt

Travis Hudson — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 16:18:17 EDT

Just in time for those rockin' summer concerts is this equalizer t-shirt from Bim Bam Banana. This tee, called the Show Off T-Shirt, has a built-in sound sensitive graphic qualizer panel with a EL panel that will light up depending on what beats are in your general vicinity. Only small and medium sizes remain for this $72 shirt and it will likely make you the coolest or easily the geekiest person at the Phish concert this summer.

Product Page [Via Gearlog]

The T-Qualizer

gizmodo.com — Fri, 19 May 2006 12:17:49 EDT

A few years ago we went out with a guy who turned out to be both a raver and the biggest jerk we've ever dated. To this day we're not sure which one's the bigger crime against humanity, but this stupid t-shirt reminded us of him. The T-Qualizer is a 100% cotton shirt with a sound sensitive graphic equalizer panel that lights up to the beat of music, each bar activated by a different frequency. Just think: for only £29.99, you too could be a douche.

T-Qualizer Sound Activated Flashing T-Shirt [The Gadget Box, via Uber Review]

Hard Drive Dying Dance Track Winner

Noah R — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 21:37:18 EST

There were well more than 100 entries in this remix competition—and picking the winner was a tough tough decision. It's clear that the challenge of making music based on the sound of Hitachi hard drives failing was as much a reason to take part as winning the Tokyoflash Equalizer watch. So before announcing the winner, let's review the highlights:

Rap Wars:
Crizzash "All the MP3s I loved to play / Well at least the rootkit is out of the way"
vs.
Rootin' and Falootin' "So come aboard ladies / Your cap'n is waitin' / You can swab me poop deck if you know what I'm sayin'"

Best Samples or Vocals:
Sex Drive
Drive Time (Jane's Book of Computer Disasters Mix)
Please Don't Die

Runnner's up (the one's I kept going back to for another listen):
Tuhin Mehta
El Hardo Disko Morte

The winner, whose chill two-minute track is made entirely from the hard drive noises:
Hitachi Hard-Drive Project - Noriko Version

Congrats James Postlethwaite. E-mail me at tips@gizmodo.com to pick up your Equalizer watch.

Thanks to Tokyoflash for the watch, Odeo for the MP3 storage, DJ Hitachi for the hard drive failure sounds and to everyone else for taking part.

Hard Drive Dying Dance Mix Contest is Over

Noah R — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 22:01:49 EST

The deadline is past. Thank you for sending all your remixes.

There are 99 tracks available on Odeo. And a bunch of direct downloads can be found after the jump. There are some surprisingly groovy submissions for your listening pleasure. The genres cover everything from electronica to techno—and punk rock, rap, dub, country. It may take me through the weekend to pick a winner given all the competition.

Huge thanks to all the DJs, and especially Tokyoflash for supplying the Equalizer watch as a prize.

Remember: "There are various noises that may indicate a failing hard drive. If you are experiencing any of the noises, please contact the technical support center at: 888-426-5214"

More Mixes

hitachiharddriveissuesandbullshitheavyonthebullshit

Hard Drive Dying Dance Track Contest

Noah R — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 12:00:14 EST

DJ Hitachi Global Storage has dropped six new tracks on us. Head Stuck to Platter, Slow Spindle Motor, and Head Damage 1-4. Yep, these are all the authentic sounds of hard drives experiencing meltdowns. Or, as Hitachi artfully puts it: "There are various noises that may indicate a failing hard drive. If you are experiencing any of the noises, please contact the technical support center at: 888-426-5214"

Seriously, this could be the beat track to an Aphex Twin song. I'm betting that someone out there can make a great tune based on one or more of these sounds. And I've got a Tokyoflash Equalizer watch (pictured above) for the person with the DJ skills to make it happen. Here's how to win:

Create a song that a includes one or more of the noises from the sound files at the bottom of the Hitachi Global Storage defective hard drive page. The song should be no more than 3 minutes long, and must be in MP3 format. You can send a link to the file, or mail it as an attachment to gizmodobox@gmail.com. You must put DRIVE TIME in the subject line, otherwise I will delete it.

You have until Thursday 1/26 to enter. The best entries will be posted for all to hear, and maybe even vote on. Godspeed you black emperor.

Hitachi Global Storage Disk Drive Knowledge Base [via Digg]

Thanks to Tokyoflash for the watch!

TokyoFlash Equalizer Watch Reviewed (Verdict: Flashy)

johnb — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:50:21 EDT

Here's a review of the bizarre-looking High Frequency Equalizer wristwatch that's been bouncing around for a while. The watch, which was reengineered "9 times until perfected," uses just a new technology with just one LED to fully illuminate the entire face, making it extremely bright. And although it looks really complicated, it seems to be easy to read the time and date (which is such a nice surprise for a watch huh?). Also, looks sturdy and scratch-proof and comes in black or silver. Basically, if you're a gadget-head, you'll love it. If not, I suggest a nice Timex—with numbers and everything.

Review:TokyoFlash High Frequency Watch by Equalizer [GadgetMadness]

Equalizer Wristwatch

Travis Hudson — Sun, 04 Sep 2005 14:17:26 EDT

The Cutting Edge Technology out of Tokyo is releasing the High Frequency Equalizer wristwatch. The manufacturers have really high expectations for this watch. They are claiming that people are going to go bananas over this and Tokyo Flash is going to limit sales to two per person. I don't want to be the bearer of bad news, but I doubt this is going to be the new Hello Kitty, it's cool, but not Hello Kitty cool. Only a single LED is used for the Advanced LCD display. This watch is available for 17800 (around $160 USD) and a PhD certificate is required upon purchase as proof that you can figure out how to read the thing.

High Frequency by Equalizer [Tokyo Flash]