Like is says…
Here’s some footage of a fraction of the final solenoids, working fully. The input in this video is Lives MIDI out; I scrubbed the tempo up to 999 to get the actuators to freak out like that. You can see a bit of the lovely armature that Whit and I rigged up yesterday, as well as the clips that’ll allow the solenoids to be moved around without much fuss. A few things I’ve learned from this setup, so far.
1. Don’t use a switching power supply with solenoids.
2. Don’t tamper with solenoid coils.
3. Tiny plunger = short duty cycle.
preemptive satisfaction from Jared Arave on Vimeo.