The Laser Blues Machine is an interactive musical installation that implements generative algorithms to allow a visitor to play piano in a jazz|/blues band.

It was initially developed for the i9TEC Summit’22 event on June 29th 2022, held at the School of Technology of the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, using a laser harp midi controller prototype created by Miguel Fernandes as his final project at the program in electronics and telecommunications engineering.

A second version was presented in July 7th to 9th at the EIMAD’22 International Conference on Music, Arts and Design, at the School of Applied Arts of the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco.

The software for this installation is a simpler version of the software built for the research developed for my PhD, in algorithmic jazz and interaction, using the probabilistic features in Ableton Live 11 to create evolving layering and randomness. The input acquisition, parameter mapping and graphic interface are built in MaxMSP.