Frazer Merrick
@frazermerrick.bsky.social
Sound artist - electromagnetic field recording and DIY instrument building
Acoustic levitation!
November 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Acoustic levitation!
Making music from mud!
Blowing bubbles with a small air pump, and resonating the sound (from a hydrophone) in Ableton.
Blowing bubbles with a small air pump, and resonating the sound (from a hydrophone) in Ableton.
July 12, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Making music from mud!
Blowing bubbles with a small air pump, and resonating the sound (from a hydrophone) in Ableton.
Blowing bubbles with a small air pump, and resonating the sound (from a hydrophone) in Ableton.
Squeaky gate ambient drone 🗿
July 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Squeaky gate ambient drone 🗿
Audio to midi to solenoid 🤩
June 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Audio to midi to solenoid 🤩
Low tide on the river Colne, Colchester. A carpet of Trolleys, bikes, cones, road signs lining the bottom of the river.
June 26, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Low tide on the river Colne, Colchester. A carpet of Trolleys, bikes, cones, road signs lining the bottom of the river.
Midi bubbles!
Playing with my new midi to motors PCB. Now I can control solenoids, motors and even an air pump with Ableton 🤩
Playing with my new midi to motors PCB. Now I can control solenoids, motors and even an air pump with Ableton 🤩
June 26, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Midi bubbles!
Playing with my new midi to motors PCB. Now I can control solenoids, motors and even an air pump with Ableton 🤩
Playing with my new midi to motors PCB. Now I can control solenoids, motors and even an air pump with Ableton 🤩
Circuit bending the Casio SK1. It’s now a fun improv drum machine!?
June 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Circuit bending the Casio SK1. It’s now a fun improv drum machine!?
My running route took me through the bagpipe festival in Colchester’s lower castle park.
A beautiful cacophony!
A beautiful cacophony!
June 16, 2025 at 8:17 AM
My running route took me through the bagpipe festival in Colchester’s lower castle park.
A beautiful cacophony!
A beautiful cacophony!
Recording 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.
Each flash of light generates an electrical output from the solar cell, which is connected directly to an audio output.
June 14, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Recording 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.
Each flash of light generates an electrical output from the solar cell, which is connected directly to an audio output.
BIG BIRD WHISTLE!
March 26, 2025 at 8:25 AM
BIG BIRD WHISTLE!
Can any twitchers identify this? It’s birdsong was so loud!
March 25, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Can any twitchers identify this? It’s birdsong was so loud!
Did you know you can use a solar cell to listen to light? 💡 🔊
March 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Did you know you can use a solar cell to listen to light? 💡 🔊
Strobing LEDs at audio rate to make a synth from light 💡
This project uses a teensyLC and a custom version of my Photon Smasher mic:
This project uses a teensyLC and a custom version of my Photon Smasher mic:
March 2, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Strobing LEDs at audio rate to make a synth from light 💡
This project uses a teensyLC and a custom version of my Photon Smasher mic:
This project uses a teensyLC and a custom version of my Photon Smasher mic:
Two “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!
February 19, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Two “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!
Putting 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.
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.
February 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Putting 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.
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.
New toy! Now I can make my own filament 🤩 excited for some litter picking fueled 3D printing ♻️
January 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
New toy! Now I can make my own filament 🤩 excited for some litter picking fueled 3D printing ♻️
Found this incredible drum pattern in these flashing lights!
Recorded with the Photon Smasher microphone, in Hiroshima 🇯🇵
Recorded with the Photon Smasher microphone, in Hiroshima 🇯🇵
November 29, 2024 at 2:49 AM
Found this incredible drum pattern in these flashing lights!
Recorded with the Photon Smasher microphone, in Hiroshima 🇯🇵
Recorded with the Photon Smasher microphone, in Hiroshima 🇯🇵
Listening to the lights of Tokyo with my solar panel microphone, the Photon Smasher. So many amazing drones, tones and rhythms!
November 26, 2024 at 3:38 AM
Listening to the lights of Tokyo with my solar panel microphone, the Photon Smasher. So many amazing drones, tones and rhythms!