Laser koto

Miya MasoakaWired News recently did a piece on Miya Masoaka, a musician who has created several variations on the Koto, which has recently resulted in her removing all traditional elements from her latest piece, the the laser Koto.

Working in the unstable world of custom-built electronics, attempts at melding the acoustic real world to the digital world has proven to be a long voyage. Variants of "proto kotos" have been created, some with as many as 900 samples of original koto sounds—roughly equivalent to fifteen kotos—that can be accessed live and connected via computer to the Japanese traditional koto. These experiments, named "Koto Monster" and "Laser Koto" utilize multiple systems of hardware and software.

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Michael Harrison

Husband, Programmer, Irish dancer, tinkerer, astronomer, layabout (as much as possible)

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