velosynth+003 - bicycle synth

velosynth+003 from velosynth on Vimeo.

"speed/tone

a hall effect sensor detects the rotation of a spoke-attached magnet. this data is translated into sound via an arduino microcontroller, 8bit R2R DAC, lowpass filter and audio amplifier.

the linkage forms a cognitive loop between the cyclist and their microlocal transportation environment.

more info at: velosynth.com
arduino code: bit.ly/WB7uf"

Synthesis Bike

"A combination of two of my interests. This isn't actually a bike: it's merely a finely woven collection of sine waves which look like a bike."

Funny aside, you will find more actual synth shots on webbox's flickr stream. There's a nice Putney with metalic knob caps.