Dripper (dripping
automat, 2002 - 2005)
About the robot orchestra - Composers' guide - Godfried-Willem Raes' homepage
Here the robots are enumerated in alfabetical order. The numbers are the midi note numbers on which the lights are mapped.
| robot name | white | tungsten | red | yellow | blue | green | moves |
| 3Pi (buzzer driven regal, 2022) |
|
none | |||||
| 4Pi (membrane driven regal, 2022) |
|
|
none | ||||
| Aeio (aeolian cello, 2007-2017) |
2 (v=f) |
|
|
none | |||
| Ake (automated accordion, 2003-2008) |
|
|
none | ||||
| Asa (automated alto saxophone, 2013) |
|
122 |
|
125 |
|
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| Autosax (an automated saxophone, 1989 - 2009) |
|
122 | none | ||||
| Bako (automated bass accordion, 2006-2007) |
|
|
|
none | |||
| Balmec: Robotic instruments for George Antheil's Ballet Mecanique (airplane propellers, siren... five modules)(2014-2015) |
119 to 127 (v= f) |
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| Bello (electric bells, 2015)[Balmec] | none | ||||||
| Balsi, 2017 [siren for Balmec] | none | ||||||
| Belly (automated carillon, 2001-2006) |
|
|
none | ||||
| Bomi (automated pipeorgan, closed wood pipes, 2010) |
|
0 | 125 | none | |||
| Bono (automated valve trombone, 2007-2010) | 125 |
|
none | ||||
| Bourdonola (automated pipeorgan, flue pipes, bass, 1995) |
|
35 | 32 | none | |||
| Bug (automated flugelhorn, 2017) |
|
|
|
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| Casta uno 1(15 castanets, integrated in Vox Humanola) | none | ||||||
| Casta due (16 castanets, 2007) | 111 | none | |||||
| Chi (orchestral chimes, 2016) | 122 (dim),kp=f |
|
slide motor | ||||
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Dripper (dripping
automat, 2002 - 2005)
|
none | ||||||
|
Fa (automated bassoon,
2009-2011)
|
|
|
|
FB #22 | |||
| Flex (automated singing saws) |
|
sawblades (PB) bowmotors |
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| Harma (an automated reed organ. 2000/2005) |
|
|
none | ||||
| Harmo (a large automated reed organ. 2009/2010) | 120 | 121 |
|
119 | none | ||
| HAT (a hit anything robot, 2009) | 96-99 | none | |||||
|
Heli (automated
helicon, 2007-2008)
|
127 | 120 | none | ||||
|
Horny (automated
horn, 2013)
|
122 |
|
UD #22 | ||||
| Hunt (hunting horn, 2021) |
|
120 (v=f, auto) |
|
up/down motor | |||
|
Hurdy (2 stringed
automated bass hurdy gurdy, 2004/2007)
|
|
none | |||||
|
Hybr (hybrid
electroacoustic organ using membrane driven pipes, 2014/2015)
|
|
|
16 (on booter) | none | |||
| HybrHi (treble electroacoustic organ using membrane driven pipes (2015) | 118 (v=f) |
|
119 (v=f) | 16 (on booter) | none | ||
| HybrLo (subbas electroacoustic organ unsing membrane driven pipes (2016) |
|
|
none | ||||
| Klar (automated klarinet, 2012) |
|
126 |
|
FB #22 | |||
|
Klung (automated
brass angklung, 1998 - 2006)
|
|
none | |||||
| Korn (automated cornet, 2008-2010) |
|
123 | 124 |
|
LR #10 UD #22 Reset: #70 |
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| Krum (automated pipeorgan, reed pipes, 2005-2006) |
|
none | |||||
| Llor (twelve large automated stainless steel shell-bells, 2005) |
|
none | |||||
|
Melauton (an
automated melodica, 1991)
|
26 tungsten bulbs going with the notes played | none | |||||
|
Ob (automated oboe,
2008-2010)
|
|
|
FB #22 | ||||
| Per (automated drumkit, 2018) | |||||||
| Pi (extreme trebble membrane driven pipe organ, 2017) |
|
none | |||||
| Piperola (automated pipeorgan, flue pipes, soprano) | 119 | 118 | none | ||||
| Player piano (piano vorsetzer #1, 1994) | none | ||||||
| PolyMetronome (an automated polyrhythmic conductor, 1994/2012) | LR | ||||||
| Pos (positiv organ, 2018) | 120 |
|
none | ||||
| 120 (v=f) |
|
|
127 (v=f) (pedal) | none | |||
|
Psch (12 small thundersheet
noise generators, 2006)
|
|
none | |||||
|
Puff (quartertone puff-organ, 2004-2010)
|
|
120 |
|
LR #30 orange rotating light value = dim/speed |
|||
| Qt (quartertone organ, 2005-2007) |
|
none | |||||
| Ribby (ribbon-string instrument, 2012, under construction) | none | ||||||
| Rodo (an automated set of clamped brass rods, 2014) |
|
|
|
|
rotating red light on note 126 (v= dim) | ||
| RorO (automated barrel organ, 2021) |
|
|
bellows | ||||
| Rotomoton (five automated rototoms, 2000 - 2007) |
|
|
none | ||||
|
Rumo (automated
intonarumori, 2014-2022) under construction
|
none | ||||||
| Snar (an automated snare drum, 2006) |
|
none | |||||
| Snar_2 (an improved automated snare drum, 2014) |
|
none | |||||
| Simba (a cymbal playing robot, 2007) |
|
114 | rot. arms | ||||
| Sire (24 sirens, 2005) |
|
none | |||||
| So (tuba playing robot, 2003-2007-2020) | 121 | 123 |
|
foot: note 80 | |||
| Sper (automated spinet, 2024) | none | ||||||
| Spiro (automated spinet, 2011) |
|
none | |||||
| Springers (automated siren, shakers and springs, 2000) | #70 rot. | rotating blue light ctrl.70 | |||||
| Steely (automated steeldrum, 2022) | 122 |
|
none | ||||
| Synchrochord (synchronously driven monochord, 2011-2014) |
|
|
none | ||||
| Temblo (an automated set of 12 chinese temple blocks, 2013) |
|
|
123 (v=f) | none | |||
| Teno (an automated tenor saxhorn, 2024) | 1 motor for movement | ||||||
| ThunderWood (automated 'nature' noises, 2000/2017) | 121 |
|
125 | 120 | rotating orange light ctrl.70 | ||
| Tinti (high pitched indian bells, 2015) |
|
16 | none | ||||
| Toypi (automated chromatic 35 note toy piano, 2008) |
|
|
none | ||||
| Troms (automated drums, 2000 / 2004) |
|
none | |||||
| Trump (automated organ trumpet, 1999-2004) | none | ||||||
| Tubi (automated quartertone tubophone, 3 octaves, 2004) | none | ||||||
| Tubo (aluminum tubophone with dampers and resonators, 2019) |
|
tungsten lights active with the dampers for the notes 48-65 |
|
2 motor resonators: ctrl 20 and ctrl 21. | |||
| Vacca (48 automated cow bells, 2005) | 24 |
|
27 |
|
none | ||
| Vibi (automated vibraphone) |
|
120 | 122 | none | |||
| Vitello (36 automated cow bells, 2006) |
|
|
none | ||||
| Vox humanola (automated pipeorgan, vox humana, 1995-2005) |
|
none | |||||
| Whisper (automated set of cavity resonators, 2013) |
|
none | |||||
| Xy (an automated quartertone xylophone, 2007) |
|
|
none | ||||
| Zi (automated 38 string Qanun zither, 2014-2024) under research and construction | none | ||||||
Notes:
last update of this page: May 12th 2022
Information
- Logos @ 50, a book publication by Godfried-Willem Raes (in dutch, 2018)