Clapping Music for two flip-disc displays
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·January 24, 2025dmd
Does anyone have a display from this vendor? I’m curious whether my display code https://github.com/dmd/clack which was written for the Krush Flip Clock works. It’s also rs-485.
smlacy
If you're curious what a "real" performance of this piece sounds like, here's a great version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QKnUzyh84U
For me this transitioned the piece from "a fun academic exercise" to "an amazing piece of real music"
Also includes a great explanation of the piece musically.
nejsjsjsbsb
Flip disc display version of that hard disk drive noise music you may have seen.
Very cool.
Play all the videos on that page at once!
Nzen
tl;dr the author created new art [0] from flip-dot boards [1] that emphasized their sound, rather than pixel art. Some fan encouraged the author to gear the work to imitate Clapping Music [2], a 1972 clapping composition inspired by flamenco.
[0] https://ksawerykomputery.com/works/ctrl-dat
It doesn't work as well, but I tried this on split-flap display: https://milek7.pl/.stuff/splitflap_clap.mp4