Auralis

Auralis is a musical instrument constructed from a multitouch table and custom software ported from my earlier touch wall Touch #2. Merging sound, interactivity, and sequencing, Auralis is simultaneously engaging, meditative and soothing. I created the work for youth ages 8-14.

A virtual world of suns, stars and planets interact with each other. Participants run their fingers across the display to create new forces. As each planet has its own pitch, a series of planets encircling a virtual sun can be played as a musical sequence.

Auralis. Please play video with sound on.

Auralis was built from a hacked SmartTable 442i with upgraded OPS i7 11th generation computer module running Windows 10.

Software is written in Pure Data (Pd) and makes heavy use of Pd library pmpd. Multitouch support was created with a custom C# application which sends OSC messages to Pd using sockets. The C# application captured touch events using SmartTech’s multitouch SDK.

Auralis is a portable installation that is currently available to any organizations that might be interested.

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