COMP1337: Laser Harp

Laser Harp

Well future readers, I have a very strange post; I didn't know where to put it - whether on music laziness or comp1337.  In the end I posted it like a tech post, but in essence it's still a music related article.
I want to talk about the "Laser Harp", an instrument that probably works like any other midi controller; it has input and output and produces sound according to "What" enters a feed and what "Stops" entering a feed.

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The image on the title is a laser harp, but the following image is also a laser harp.  Now, I've never played one of these, and I can only talk on what I've seen and heard on videos.  But these appear to have just one note on every "laser" feed, and once the laser is stopped it sends a signal to a synth (I guess?) and then the sound is produced.

I imagine you'll have to calibrate the sensors or whatever is providing the "blocked - not blocked" argument to the computer before playing it, but I'm pretty sure these would play just like any midi piano with 25++ keys.

A pretty odd instrument, with strange sounds; it's not something I want to buy... BUT it's odd enough to spark my interest.  If you want more information, feel free to check the link on the picture to learn where you need to go to make one, or click here and keep on reading on wikipedia.

Here's a video of the thing in action.

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Abdiel Rodz

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