SOLO

The Meta Saxophone has been commissioned by Timothy O’Dwyer and designed and built by electro-acoustic instrument builder Stuart Favilla of Melbourne, Australia.
This commission is a playable, modified sensor alto saxophone system. The system consists of sensors and mounting parts, a sensor digitizer (16bit resolution), and open sound control (OSC) network integration, allowing for a 2msec scanning resolution for virtuosic control. The system comprises MaxMSP software components including OSC Porting to max, Sensor mapping and routing software, VST plugin hosting and mapping, sample playback and triggering, pitch tracking and interaction, and a custom looping engine. Due to the focus on real-time audio processing via VST.