Tonewheel 2.0 - Audio Experience Design 2019-20

Tonewheel 2.0 is an interactive installation based on the ’tonewheel’ mechanisms in early Hammond Organs. It aims to teach users about the fundamental music-related principles of electromagnetic induction and timbre, by inviting them to manually drive a sound-generating ’tonewheel’ system, and subsequently digitally manipulate the sounds created in real-time. The project was created as part of the Audio Experience Design elective module on the MEng in Design Engineering at the Dyson School of Design Engineering Imperial College London.