The langspil is a traditional Icelandic drone zither. It has a single melody string and usually 2 drone strings.
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langspil
This is the Intelligent Instrument Lab's proto-langspil for experimenting with intelligent systems and embedded AI.
Presented at New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) 2022.
@inproceedings{Armitage2022Proto,
author = {Armitage, Jack and Magnusson, Thor and Shepardson, Victor and Ulfarsson, Halldor},
booktitle = {NIME 2022},
year = {2022},
month = {jun 16},
note = {https://nime.pubpub.org/pub/langspil},
organization = {},
title = {The {Proto}-{Langspil}: Launching an {Icelandic} {NIME} {Research} {Lab} with the {Help} of a {Marginalised} {Instrument}},
}
- Fusion 360 file for full 3D assembly
- 2D geometry file for laser cutting the body (.DXF)
- Parts list
- Build tips and hints
- SuperCollider code from Encounters 1, 2 and 3