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Hypersax

Instrument

A sensor system commissioned to give a saxophonist more degrees of freedom while playing: three axes of gestural sensing from an accelerometer, force sensors that can sit on specific keys or anywhere on the body of the horn, and two pushbuttons for triggering and parameter control.

Translucent plastic case open on a dark surface, showing two red circuit boards wired together inside and two pushbuttons mounted in the lid, red and black leads running out to flat sensor strips at right.

The closed case seen from above with its two black pushbuttons on top, three round force sensors fanned out on flat leads and a loose coil of red and black cable.

Low three-quarter view of the closed case, the USB socket and 'klipo' moulding visible on its side, sensor strips angled away above a thick coil of red and black wire.

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