Soundscape brings the tactility and interactive into music. In a world where music constantly surrounds us, and in some ways can be seen as distant, repetitive and cold, Soundscape provides the opportunity to directly interact with the music- no longer just being witness to it but rather manipulating it-making it your own.
Soundscape encompasses the use of modern and traditional materials. A 3D printed black rubber surface, juxtaposed with a rosewood housing, to create an aesthetic resonating back to the time of mahogany radios and rich sounding record players. It is minimalist and modern in its design bringing back the richness of wood, in age of increasing blacks and whites, metals and plastics, to bring the warmth and tactility back into music. The texture of the 3D printed surface is made is such a way to be explored not only visually as a type of typography or terrain, but also explored by touch in the tactile sense. As the surface is felt and interacted with, the underlying circuit is triggered and the music playing is effected in varying degrees depending on the sequence and spread of the triggered signals. Soundscape is run through USB port, using native instruments Traktor digital music program, and utilises effects and sounds specific to its digital banks