Selecting loudspeakers
Mute and loudspeaker assembly
Connection diagram
Ableton Live and MaxMSP setup
AugMut is an actuated trombone mute, allowing to ‘blend’ acoustic and electronic sound, using a loudspeaker and microphone setup, where both sound sources radiate from a close-by point — the trombone’s bell. Providing an identical sound source between acoustic and electronic sounds, this project provides the means to alter, augment, modify and interact with the trombone’s acoustic sound. By utilising digital sound processing techniques, using Ableton Live and MaxMSP, the feedback path between the loudspeaker and the microphone is explored through the instrument’s resonant body, where the digital sound processing is controlled via MIDI messages (sent by HTB1 controller), enabling the performer to control sound processing parameters within the instrument, without the need for external MIDI controllers.
HTB1 is a hypertrombone controller I've developed from 2009 to 2010 as part of my bachelor's programme. Read more.
You can listen to music made with AugMut on this site's Music tab, or on bandcamp.
This project was part of a Doctoral Program in Digital Media at FEUP (Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto) with the support of FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology - Portugal).
