Frazer Merrick @frazermerrick.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Petition to blacklist snorers from hostels. Or give them their own rooms where they can snore in harmony. 010
Reposted by Frazer Merricksam henri gold @samhenri.gold · 06/09/2025Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge? It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door. 11675651936
Reposted by Frazer MerrickJeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 27/08/2025I am sickened by the relentless demonisation of refugees. No refugee underfunded a school. No refugee closed a hospital. No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled. We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead! 425193045315
Frazer Merrick @frazermerrick.bsky.social · 23/07/2025At this point, the word immersive has lost all meaning. 030
Reposted by Frazer MerrickTom Vulpes @vulpeslabs.bsky.social · 14/07/2025I submitted SPOKE for the MIDI awards. Public voting starts soon (now?). There's at least 4 other projects in the awards of people I know and who also deserve to be recognised. So, you know, vote for who you think should win :) midi.org/innovation-a...midi.orgSPOKE 041
Frazer Merrick @frazermerrick.bsky.social · 12/07/2025Making music from mud! Blowing bubbles with a small air pump, and resonating the sound (from a hydrophone) in Ableton. 061
Frazer Merrick @frazermerrick.bsky.social · 01/07/2025I think *fake podcast* might just be my most hated advert format. So much grifting. 020
Frazer Merrick @frazermerrick.bsky.social · 28/06/2025Yeah! There’s a nice “bounce” midi effect in able that does precisely this. Once I add a few more I can drift each bounce to another solenoid too 🤩 110
Frazer Merrick @frazermerrick.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Low tide on the river Colne, Colchester. A carpet of Trolleys, bikes, cones, road signs lining the bottom of the river. 010
Frazer Merrick @frazermerrick.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Midi bubbles! Playing with my new midi to motors PCB. Now I can control solenoids, motors and even an air pump with Ableton 🤩 151
Frazer Merrick @frazermerrick.bsky.social · 22/06/2025Circuit bending the Casio SK1. It’s now a fun improv drum machine!? 030
Frazer Merrick @frazermerrick.bsky.social · 16/06/2025My running route took me through the bagpipe festival in Colchester’s lower castle park. A beautiful cacophony! 020
Frazer Merrick @frazermerrick.bsky.social · 14/06/2025More info about the mic here www.clipsoundandmusic.uk/photonsmasher/clipsoundandmusic.uk 000
Frazer Merrick @frazermerrick.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Petition to ban voice notes longer than 10s. I do not want to listen to your monologue. Collect your thoughts and write them down. Please 😩 110
Frazer Merrick @frazermerrick.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Recording lightning with my solar panel microphone. Dramatic cracks and pops! Each flash of light generates an electrical output from the solar cell, which is connected directly to an audio output. 2212
Frazer Merrick @frazermerrick.bsky.social · 30/04/2025You might be interested in the solar cell mic that I make, the Photon Smasher! www.clipsoundandmusic.uk/photonsmasher/clipsoundandmusic.ukPhoton Smasher - CLIP - Make Music with Light!Discover a hidden world of sound with the Photon Smasher, the microphone that turns light into sound so you can make music with light! 121
Frazer Merrick @frazermerrick.bsky.social · 26/04/2025West Ham, forever snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. 000
Frazer Merrick @frazermerrick.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Can any twitchers identify this? It’s birdsong was so loud! 000
Frazer Merrick @frazermerrick.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Suitably weird! Just ordered some better ear defenders that have a tighter fit/better isolation, so hoping the effect will be stronger with v2 😵💫 000
Frazer Merrick @frazermerrick.bsky.social · 18/03/2025haha 👏 I did consider 3D printing some ears for the end of the tubes... so maybe! 020
Frazer Merrick @frazermerrick.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Reverse listening headphones! I’ve been working on some science of sound teaching resources and made these 🎧 392
Frazer Merrick @frazermerrick.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Why on earth are ITV using the Live Love Laugh font for their #6nations coverage 🤢 000
Frazer Merrick @frazermerrick.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Did you know you can use a solar cell to listen to light? 💡 🔊 110
Frazer Merrick @frazermerrick.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Thanks! Next step is to add CV for gate and pitch, then I can play it a little more “musically”. 010
Frazer Merrick @frazermerrick.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Strobing LEDs at audio rate to make a synth from light 💡 This project uses a teensyLC and a custom version of my Photon Smasher mic: 140
Frazer Merrick @frazermerrick.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Ran a podcast workshop in an acoustically cavernous room this week, so built this very diy vocal booth and the results were surprisingly decent! 010
Frazer Merrick @frazermerrick.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Thanks Matt! Nice to try some new ideas out on the awesome arts centre sound system 010
Frazer Merrick @frazermerrick.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Absolutely! It sounds so gnarly with a bit of delay/reverb 020
Frazer Merrick @frazermerrick.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Thank you! You mean a solar cell for each LED? Could be fun! You could do some sort of Amplitude Modulation or Ring Modulation between the two of them also. Barely finished V1 and the feature least for V2 is already growing 😅 100
Frazer Merrick @frazermerrick.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Two “voice” synth made using strobing LEDs (TeensyLC) shining at a solar cell. I’ve got a third LED shining at an LDR in series on the output of the solar cell, creating a gate-like effect. Would love to add midi and/or CV control for pitch and gate next! 271
Frazer Merrick @frazermerrick.bsky.social · 17/02/2025I absolutely love what I do. Giving young musicians confidence, opportunity and skills to be the best versions of themselves. Heres a mini documenatry from CLIP’s (my music non-profit) birthday gig last December. youtu.be/5JoGTgAVAd4?...youtu.beCLIP - Future Frequencies Mini DocYouTube video by CLIP SOUND AND MUSIC 021
Frazer Merrick @frazermerrick.bsky.social · 09/02/2025You can find out more about the Photon Smasher here ⚡️ www.clipsoundandmusic.uk/photonsmasher/clipsoundandmusic.ukPhoton Smasher - CLIP - Make Music with Light!Discover a hidden world of sound with the Photon Smasher, the microphone that turns light into sound so you can make music with light! 000
Frazer Merrick @frazermerrick.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Haha excellent - Thank you! I’m a huge fan of Jon Hopkins so was super happy when I stumbled on this workflow! 020
Frazer Merrick @frazermerrick.bsky.social · 08/02/2025It’s a vocoder so it takes audio input via side chain. There is no “audio to midi” conversion used here. 010
Frazer Merrick @frazermerrick.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Putting recordings of lights through a vocoder! I’ve been exploring new ways to use photon smasher recordings and using them as triggers, or sidechain sources, has been fruitful. Here’s a recording from Hiroshima, Japan. 5177
Reposted by Frazer MerrickTom Vulpes @vulpeslabs.bsky.social · 03/01/2025The Pre-Launch for my kickstarter is now live. www.kickstarter.com/projects/tomfox/spoke-touch-sensing-made-simple It is a new type of touchboard that has 27 inputs, can control MIDI or act as a HID. With neopixel indicators for each pin and connectors for i2c peripherals.kickstarter.comComing soon: SPOKE - Touch sensing made simpleSPOKE is a simplified capacitive touch sensor board for interactive computer interfacing. 162
Frazer Merrick @frazermerrick.bsky.social · 27/01/2025New toy! Now I can make my own filament 🤩 excited for some litter picking fueled 3D printing ♻️ 050
Reposted by Frazer MerrickNathan Moody @noisejockey.bsky.social · 10/01/2025#fieldrecording prevents space madness. (Source: “A City on Mars”) 1239
