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At Logos Foundation in Ghent, we have a well equipped
laboratory for design and construction of music related electronic
hardware (digital and analog). After all, the strongest point in
our 'electronic' reputation has always been in the area of the development
of new and original instruments, hardware user interfaces and equipment
for interactive musical applications. 
Although it is mostly used by Godfried-Willem Raes
for his research projects in the realms of alternative musical instruments
based on remote movement sensing and automation, it is open to anyone
with knowledge and ideas in this area. Godfried-Willem Raes has
been a pioneer in the design of human interfaces for new and experimental
instruments since the early seventies of the 20th century. Automation
of musical instruments is another focal point in the research activities
typical for this laboratory.
All standard measuring equipment is available (function
generators, precision power supplies, oscilloscopes, computers with
ADC/DAC cards, spectrum analysers, frequency counters, voltage standard
cells and high resolution voltmeters, logic testers and probes...)
as well as all equipment required for building modern circuits (etching
tools, board design software and simulators, drills, lots of components
standard as well as SMD and high precision...).
People wanting to use the lab will have to submit
a project and have to pass a technical and theoretical test prior
to acceptance. Since our government does not want to support us
by providing us with a full time techician/engineer, so the only
person in the house who can help you out would be Godfried...
However, there are plans in the future to start
a more intense collaboration with the department for electronics
and engineering at the college. In the past we had students from
the engineering department, working here on digital audio projects
on DSP platforms. Applications under development have been: digital
ringmodulators, pitch to midi convertors (Johannes Taelman), vocoders,
radar sensing devices, pressure controllers...
People working in the Logos Lab: Godfried-Willem
Raes, Johannes Taelman, Bert Schiettecatte, Kristof Lauwers
Instruments developed in our Lab:
Ongoing and recent research activities in the lab:
- researcher: Dr.Godfried-Willem Raes
period: april - june 1999
topic: design and construction of high precision ultrasonic
condenser microphones for the frequency range 80 to 240kHz. These
will we used in the newest versions of the authors 'Invisible
Instrument', a project he has been working on for more than 25
years now.
- researcher: Johannes Taelman & Dr.Godfried-Willem
Raes
period: july - september 1999
topic: development of an Analog Devices DSP based polyphonic
pitch to midi convertor.
- researcher: Dick Raaijmakers & Dr.Godfried-Willem
Raes
period: october - november 1999
topic: design and building of a new optical matrix mixer
for the performance of Dick Raaijmakers 'Elektries Strijkkwartet'
to be performed by Champ d'Action.
- researcher: Dr.Godfried-Willem Raes
period: december 2000-january 2001
topic: holosound version for <Slow Sham Rising> by
Godfried-Willem Raes
- researcher: Dr.Godfried-Willem Raes & Kristof Lauwers
period: august 2000- april 2001
topic: development of low level software for the automated
percussion project <Slag-Werk>
- researchers: Dr.Godfried-Willem Raes & Kristof Lauwers
period: july 2001- september 2001
topic: development of low level software for the automated
percussion: <Rotomoton> and <Vibi> as well as development
of the <GMT> software project.
- researchers: Dr.Godfried-Willem Raes & Kristof Lauwers
- period: november 2001- january 2002
topic: development of software for the invisible instrument
for the Brussels Instrument Museum (MIM)
- researchers: Dr.Godfried-Willem Raes, Kristof Lauwers
& Bert Vandekerckhove
- period: december 2001- april 2002
- topic: design and construction of a small automated carillon:
<Belly>
- researcher: Dr.Godfried-Willem Raes
- period: september 2002- january 2003
- topic: design and construction of a system of automated
singing saws: <Flex>
- researcher: Dr.Godfried-Willem Raes
- period: january - may 2003
- topic: design and development of a radar based gesture
controlled invisible instrument: <Quadrada>
- researcher: Johannes Taelman and Dr.Godfried-Willem Raes
- period: november 2003- december 2004
- topic: design and development of a PIC controller for
automats taking midi input directly.
- researcher: Johannes Taelman and Dr.Godfried-Willem Raes
- period: may 2004- august 2004
- topic: design and development of a PIC controller for
radar data acquisition usefull as a direct midi controller
- researcher: Bert Schiettecatte and Dr.Godfried-Willem
Raes
- period: september 2004- march 2005
- topic: design and development of a DSP based gesture
analyser for radar and/or sonar.
- researcher: Sebastian Bradt and Dr.Godfried-Willem Raes
- period: april 2005 - june 2006 : microtonality
- topic: design and development of quartertone instruments
and their implementation in musical performances with musicians.
- collaborative project: Hogeschool Gent, department of
music and drama and Logos Foundation.
- researcher: Dr.Godfried-Willem Raes
- period: september 2005 - october 2007
- topic: design and development of a quartertone organ-like
instrument <Qt>
- collaborative project: Hogeschool Gent, department of
music and drama and Logos Foundation.
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