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SOLA: Sustainable Orchestras of Laptops and Analog

Perry R. Cook and Scott Smallwood

Posted Online November 12, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1162/LMJ_a_00018

Leonardo Music Journal

Volume 20 - December 2010
p.89-95
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SOLA: Sustainable Orchestras of Laptops and Analog

Perry R. Cook and Scott Smallwood
https://doi.org/10.1162/LMJ_a_00018
Received: January 01, 2010
Published Online: November 12, 2010
Abstract

ABSTRACT

This paper describes a series of investigations into the use of sustainable methods for powering electronic musical instruments and perhaps ultimately a large ensemble such as the Princeton Laptop Orchestra, a collection of 15–25 meta-instruments each consisting of a laptop computer, interfacing equipment and a hemispherical speaker. The research discussed includes the development of instruments specifically designed for solar power, as well as the use of solar panels and/or batteries to power more conventional devices such as computers and amplifiers.

Perry R. Cook
and
Perry R. Cook (educator), Departments of Computer Science and Music, Princeton University, 35 Olden Street, Princeton, NJ 08540, U.S.A. E-mail: .
Scott Smallwood
Scott Smallwood (educator), Department of Music, University of Alberta, 3-82 Fine Arts Building, Edmonton, AL, T6J 4H1, Canada. E-mail: .
https://doi.org/10.1162/LMJ_a_00018
Abstract

ABSTRACT

This paper describes a series of investigations into the use of sustainable methods for powering electronic musical instruments and perhaps ultimately a large ensemble such as the Princeton Laptop Orchestra, a collection of 15–25 meta-instruments each consisting of a laptop computer, interfacing equipment and a hemispherical speaker. The research discussed includes the development of instruments specifically designed for solar power, as well as the use of solar panels and/or batteries to power more conventional devices such as computers and amplifiers.

Perry R. Cook
and
Perry R. Cook (educator), Departments of Computer Science and Music, Princeton University, 35 Olden Street, Princeton, NJ 08540, U.S.A. E-mail: .
Scott Smallwood
Scott Smallwood (educator), Department of Music, University of Alberta, 3-82 Fine Arts Building, Edmonton, AL, T6J 4H1, Canada. E-mail: .
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SOLA: Sustainable Orchestras of Laptops and Analog

Perry R. Cook and Scott Smallwood
https://doi.org/10.1162/LMJ_a_00018
Received: January 01, 2010
Published Online: November 12, 2010
Abstract

ABSTRACT

This paper describes a series of investigations into the use of sustainable methods for powering electronic musical instruments and perhaps ultimately a large ensemble such as the Princeton Laptop Orchestra, a collection of 15–25 meta-instruments each consisting of a laptop computer, interfacing equipment and a hemispherical speaker. The research discussed includes the development of instruments specifically designed for solar power, as well as the use of solar panels and/or batteries to power more conventional devices such as computers and amplifiers.

Perry R. Cook
and
Perry R. Cook (educator), Departments of Computer Science and Music, Princeton University, 35 Olden Street, Princeton, NJ 08540, U.S.A. E-mail: .
Scott Smallwood
Scott Smallwood (educator), Department of Music, University of Alberta, 3-82 Fine Arts Building, Edmonton, AL, T6J 4H1, Canada. E-mail: .
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