Spring Spyre

I started developing the Spring Spyre in 2011 as departure from the lady’s glove and upon meeting Rebecca Fiebrink who demonstrated her application of Neural Networks in Wekinator. I built several models and settled on a found metal ring, 3 long springs, 3 hacked audio pick ups from spring reverb units to generate the audio signals controlling the Machine Learning software and a hacked Roland PC-1600 to mix the various synthesis generated in real time in MAX-MSP. Its name was given by Eliane Radigue, though neither of us can remember now what the name referred to!  It is now my primary instrument. (more info in the videos)

Rebecca Fiebrink and Laetitia Sonami

Reflections on Eight Years of Instrument Creation with Machine Learning, NIME 2020 Paper – Rebecca Fiebrink and Laetitia Sonami

                                 The video below explains how the Spring Spyre functions

Rebecca Fiebrink’s Kadenze Class Machine Learning for Musicians and Artists was launched in February 2016 with Sonami as guest lecturer demonstrating machine learning with the Spring Spyre