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John J.A. Jannone | Projects

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Bureau of Ships

Bureau of Ships is a multi-part project based on re-building vintage military oscilloscopes as music synthesizers, hybridizing the classic analog electronics in the devices with "implants" of miniature digital components. The resulting re-purposed objects are at once sound generators, performable musical instruments, and interesting sculptural objects. And the transformation of these military objects into harmless, playable, and playfully conceived objects is not an insignificant part of the project.

Performance with the first three synthesizers at Mixed Signals 002 in Bushwick, Brooklyn. April 2017. Video by Tiri Kananuruk

January 2017 Work-in-progress Video Journal

View fullsize a functional oscilloscope
a functional oscilloscope
View fullsize found on Canal St., NYC
found on Canal St., NYC
View fullsize several units, side panel off
several units, side panel off
View fullsize disassembled, top view
disassembled, top view
View fullsize schematic from manual
schematic from manual
View fullsize early in conversion
early in conversion
View fullsize panel detail
panel detail
View fullsize added digital component
added digital component