{"id":7089,"date":"2023-10-24T00:16:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T00:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/?p=7089"},"modified":"2023-10-24T00:16:06","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T00:16:06","slug":"project-proposal-cnc-wooden-tongue-drum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/2023\/10\/24\/project-proposal-cnc-wooden-tongue-drum\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Proposal: CNC Wooden Tongue Drum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For my final project I would like to explore incorporating computational design into musical instrument making. My idea is to produce a wooden tongue drum utilizing the CNC machine to produce wooden designs, both decorative and functional, for the drum. I enjoy playing instruments and have dabbled in creating a few different instruments, so I&#8217;m excited to use computation in doing so. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Deliverables<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I will to produce a wooden tongue drum where the shapes of the tongues are computationally generated. I will probably have to hand tune the tongues but will also investigate what sizes and shapes will get me closer to the desired pitches. The outside of the drum will also be decorated with computationally designed and CNC cut wooden pieces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Computational Design of Metallophone Contact Sounds\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tVoPAgvLzJc?start=366&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This group designed a &#8216;zoolophone&#8217; which optimized the shape of the pieces to resonate at certain frequencies to produce desired pitches, and they also metal 3d printed cups with desired pitches. Linked below is the primary paper describing their work. I won&#8217;t be attempting to produce such a sophisticated algorithm to produces shapes already in the correct tuning, but I would like the tongues of the drum to be in interesting shapes\/forms, probably more abstract, and would like to do more research on the general sizing of the tongues to get them closer to the correct pitches before tuning. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cs.columbia.edu\/~cxz\/publications\/metallophone.pdf\">https:\/\/www.cs.columbia.edu\/~cxz\/publications\/metallophone.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For designs on the sides, I am currently inspired by the works of Rebal Jaber, specifically Liquid Wood<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebaljber.com\/work\/liquid-wood\">https:\/\/www.rebaljber.com\/work\/liquid-wood<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"551\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"7093\" src=\"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-35-551x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7093\" srcset=\"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-35-551x1024.png 551w, https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-35-162x300.png 162w, https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-35-768x1426.png 768w, https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-35-827x1536.png 827w, https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-35-1103x2048.png 1103w, 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1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"7094\" src=\"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-36-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-36-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-36-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-36-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-36-1140x855.png 1140w, https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-36-920x690.png 920w, https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-36-575x431.png 575w, https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-36-380x285.png 380w, https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-36.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am similarly inspired by the work of agatakycia, ISOpatterns<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-agata-kycia wp-block-embed-agata-kycia\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"tsGiUPG4X4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/agatakycia.com\/2018\/02\/07\/isopatterns\/\">ISOpatterns<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;ISOpatterns&#8221; &#8212; agata kycia\" src=\"https:\/\/agatakycia.com\/2018\/02\/07\/isopatterns\/embed\/#?secret=vbxyfoXq4V#?secret=tsGiUPG4X4\" data-secret=\"tsGiUPG4X4\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I really love the way that these beautiful organic forms can be cut from the wood, and the ways that the natural grain of the wood can produce interesting patterns as well. In this documentation the author denotes that they used Rhino Grasshopper as well. I have done some slight investigation and it seems as though there are ways to utilize Grasshopper with the CNC machine so I will be investigating that more to hopefully use this tool we have been learning in conjunction with exploring the CNC machine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another inspirations is of course, people who have built wooden tongue drums. This video is a particularly good video in which they also use a CNC machine for cutting the tongues, though the design was created in Illustrator rather than computationally generated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Make a Tongue Drum (or Log or Slit Drum)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T6CwjXygM_Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Timeline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Week of Oct 30 &#8211; Research of specific wood materials\/glue I will need for this project, and order\/purchase materials<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Week of Nov 6 &#8211; Learn how to implement Rhino Grasshopper with CNC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Week of Nov 13 &#8211; Begin designing pattern of sides using Grasshopper<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Week of Nov 20 &#8211; Design tongue pattern and finish design of sides. Become more familiar with CNC machine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Week of Nov 27 &#8211; Use CNC machine to cut pieces<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Week of Dec 4 &#8211; Complete assembly and tuning of instrument<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For my final project I would like to explore incorporating computational design into musical instrument making. My idea is to produce a wooden tongue drum utilizing the CNC machine to produce wooden designs, both decorative and functional, for the drum. I enjoy playing instruments and have dabbled in creating a few different instruments, so I&#8217;m excited to use computation in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-proposal_23","category-studentwork23"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7089"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7105,"href":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7089\/revisions\/7105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}