DIY DJ

DIY DJ is an interactive music installation for multiple people. Combine samples and create your own music. Not with records, but with old fashioned cassette tapes.

DIY DJ provides you with a whole lot of cassette tapes and a mix table with four symbols: Drums, Bass, Melody, and Record. By putting down cassettes on each of these symbols you compose and mix your own music.

Each audio cassette contains different samples. When you put down the cassette on the Drums symbol, you will hear a beat. Putting another cassette on the Melody symbol, a melodious sound becomes audible to enrich the beat.

If you wish to have even more variation, bring your tape to the nearby recording station to record your own voice. Next, combine your own voice with your sound mix by putting the cassette on the Record symbol.

With DIY DJ, users create their own disco together in a playful way. DIY DJ offers an accessible and fast game play for young and old. The music automatically sets in in the correct rhythm, so you can’t go wrong!

The whole technical part of this project has been developed byStudio Arne Boon.

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Do It Yourself DJ is an installation with which you can mix audio samples using old school cassette tapes. Place a cassette tape on one of the four symbols and mix drums, basses and melodies together. You can even record your own samples on a cassette tape in the mini-recording station! DIY DJ can be easily customized to every circumstance and theme and is suitable for festivals, parties and corporate events. Do It Yourself DJ is created by Monobanda in collaboration with Arne Boon (http://arneboon.nl). Supported by PLAY Pilots (http://playpilots.nl). Chiptune music & samples: Men of Mega, Diskette Deluxe, Xylo, Rocco Wouters, Timbob and the EINDBAAS crew. For more information: http://www.monobanda.nl info@monobanda.nl

In Bandjesland vind je een installatie waar je zelf - met behulp van old school cassettebandjes - muziek kan mixen. Maar misschien niet helemaal zoals je zou verwachten! Vette beats, dansmuziek en je eigen opgenomen samples. Mix het allemaal door elkaar! Bandjesland is gemaakt door Monobanda in samenwerking met Arne Boon, in opdracht van PLAY Pilots, en was te vinden op het bijzondere 'Le Guess Who?' festival in Utrecht in de Tivoli Oudegracht. De fantastische aankleding is verzorgd door een groep getalenteerde theater vormgevers van de HKU: Nicky, Lynn, Nino, Joline, Rianne, Tim, Eva en Marcha. http://www.monobanda.nl http://www.arneboon.nl http://www.playpilots.nl http://www.leguesswho.nl http://www.tivoli.nl http://www.hku.nl Alle foto's in het filmpje en een aantal stukjes video zijn van de hand van Hessel Bonenkamp: http://nl.linkedin.com/in/hesselbonenkamp