The Prism Laser Synth-Guitar is a DIY project at Giz Gallery that mixes a guitar with a laser-controlled synth and a pitch bender. We decided to try and find the most annoying sound we could produce with the thing.
The Prism was constructed by hollowing out an electric guitar, then dropping in a signal processor on a circuit board that controls the show. 4 lasers act as the strings, and they produce noise when you break their plane. The neck of the guitar has been refashioned into a pitch bender which uses an IR rangefinder at the bottom of the neck. Kind of sounds like R2D2. Kind of.
We let our intern Chris Jacob go apeshit on this thing for a couple of minutes and see just how annoying it could get. It was all fun and games until Joanna tore out his spleen with her bare hands in a fit of rage.
Gizmodo Gallery 2009
New York, NY 10012
Gallery Dates:
September 23rd-27th
Times:
9/22 Tuesday
Media Day by appointment only. For info please contact [email protected].
9/23 Wednesday
12-8
9/24 Thursday
12-8
9/25 Friday
12-8
9/26 Saturday
11-8
9-? – Live Musical Performance
9/27 Sunday
11-6
Read more about our Giz Gallery 09 here, follow @gizgallery on Twitter and see what else we’ll be playing with at the event. And special thanks to Toyota’s Prius — without their sponsorship, there would be no Gizmodo Gallery.
https://gizmodo.com/gizmodo-gallery-2009-were-back-for-another-year-5350574
