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The AirHarp Ultrasonic Digital Autoharp Is Like The Theremin Of Harps

Developer Peter DeSimone has announced a Kickstarter project to develop a production version of the AirHarp – an open-source ultrasonic digital autoharp MIDI controller that’s sort of like the theremin of harps. The AirHarp responds to hand gestures and translates them into MIDI. You play the AirHarp by moving your hand through the air, ‘strumming’… Read More The AirHarp Ultrasonic Digital Autoharp Is Like The Theremin Of Harps

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AirHarp – An ‘Ultrasonic Digital Autoharp’

Reader Peter DeSimone sent word of his AirHarp – an DIY gestural MIDI controller. The AirHarp combines chord fingering in one hand with gestural note triggering in the other. DeSimone describes the AirHarp as a sort of “ultrasonic digital autoharp”. Above, DeSimone performs his arrangement of Handel’s Lascia ch’io pianga for voice and AirHarp.  AirHarp kits are available… Read More AirHarp – An ‘Ultrasonic Digital Autoharp’

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