Magnetologues

Stacco is a new NIME, embedding magnetic attractors that detect variations in the surrounding magnetic fields. It attracts and repels magnetic spheres displaced by the performer, allowing both fine musical control and the emergence of unpredictable interactions out of its interlaced magnetic forces. Stacco has been designed to perform with neural synthesis models, where multidimensional sonic spaces can be navigated through the exploration of tangled control parameters. It comes with two graphical scores that function as guides for the exploration of the neural synthesis model. By drawing on the surface of the interface, it is also possible to create new scores and layer them on top of each other. We propose a performance titled 'Magnetologues', with two Staccos, one operating as a neural audio engine and the other controlling in real-time the sound in space via Ambisonics.