I Am Looking For Old Mobile Phones...

Someone that I know needs some old mobile phones for an upcoming performance and sound project.


"Hi All

I am DESPERATELY seeking unwanted MOBILE PHONES (particularly with Bluetooth) for a sound project that I am undertaking - I need as many as possible.

If you have an old mobile phone that you no longer require, or know someone who does, I would gladly appreciate it.

Many thanks"


I thought that maybe some readers would have some old phones to spare? Please comment or send me an email. I am happy to pay for postage if you're not in Adelaide.

15 Seconds of Fame Catalogue (Hard Copy)

I recently received a hard copy of the 15 Seconds of Fame Catalogue. I'm very happy with it.

15 Seconds of Fame Catalogue

I was part of an exhibition in California, USA, titled "15 Seconds of Fame: An Exhibition of Cell Phone Art and Music". My contribution was my little homebrew phone instrument. The catalogue for this exhibition is available here: http://www.blurb.com/books/284326.

Thanks to the curator Robert Martin for the opportunity.

There is also an online version of the exhibition.

Phone fun

After having had a nice night out last night, i decided to plug my phone synth into some cheap and nasty effects pedals and have a jam. I have made a slight update on the phone synth program - there are now octave change buttons (left and right keys). Check out this stuff in action here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzECOGeKWKo

You can download this version of the app here:
http://www.milkcrate.com.au/_other/downloads/mobile_phone_apps/live_instrument.zip

You will need a phone that is compatible with J2ME / Mobile Processing. You can find a list of some of the phones here: http://mobile.processing.org/phones/list.php

Here is the code for this app. To use the code, you will need to download Mobile Processing here (this is not required if you just want to run the app):
http://mobile.processing.org/download/index.php

You will also need a Wireless Toolkit (this is not required if you just want to run the app). For windows:
http://java.sun.com/products/sjwtoolkit/

For Mac OSX:
http://mpowerplayer.com/

/* Simple Live Instrument (for mobile phone)
by Sebastian Tomczak
14 July 2007, Adelaide, Australia

*/


import processing.sound.*;

int keyvalue = 0;
int octavevalue = 45;
int[] pitches = {
0, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14};

void draw() {
}

void keyPressed() {
if(key >= '1' &&amp;amp;amp;amp; key <= '9') {       keyvalue = key - '1';           keyvalue = pitches[keyvalue] + octavevalue;           Sound.playTone(keyvalue, 100, 100);}         if(keyCode == LEFT) {           octavevalue = octavevalue - 12;}        if(keyCode == RIGHT) {           octavevalue = octavevalue + 12;}     }

Simple live synth for my phone

So i used mobile.processing for the first time last night. Great stuff. Made a quick and easy live synth for my phone. It's relatively responsive, considering...

Sketch has been tested and working on a Sony Ericsson K610i

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EDIT: fixed up the code (from pasting into HTML), thanks Benoch for pointing that one out!

/* Simple Live Instrument (for mobile phone)
by Sebastian Tomczak
12 June 2007, Adelaide, Australia
*/

import processing.sound.*;
int keyvalue = 0;
int[] pitches = {
57, 59, 60, 62, 64, 65, 67, 69, 71};
void draw() {
}
void keyPressed() {
if(key >= '1' && key <= '9') {
keyvalue = key - '1';
keyvalue = pitches[keyvalue];
Sound.playTone(keyvalue, 100, 100);
}
}