Macumbista SoundBoxes
SoundBoxes are small, portable and battery-powered electro-acoustic instruments. They can create a variety of drone and reverb-type sounds through feedback between a small speaker and a resonant piezo-electric microphone, as seen in this video. Or they can bring out the hidden sounds within found objects as seen in this video.
These SoundBoxes are unique, handmade works of sonic art, made from German cigar boxes dating from the 1930’s to the 1960’s, and feature either 92mm black paper speakers (Type A) or 77mm transparent plastic speakers with a backlight and lovely Japanese paper lining the inside of the box (Type B). They also include a resonant-spring contact mic, a line-out for recording and “circuit-bending” body contacts. They can also simply be used as cigar-box amplifiers for whatever other electronic instruments you might have.
All SoundBoxes shown on this page have been sold, and at the moment I am not building new SoundBoxes for sale. I do continue to offer the SoundBoxes workshop, if you have the opportunity to attend or host one.
JAPANESE CHIYOGAMI PAPER OPTIONS
