BirdsNest App Demo

<p>This video shows a demo of BirdsNest, a touch-screen musical instrument app for iPad. BirdsNest is an iPad-instrument recalling the forest sounds of a Northern Swedish summer. Performers can tap and swipe in the free-form touch area to make music with bird calls, percussion sounds, and field recordings. GUI switches control autoplay and looping features that add layers of sounds to the user&#39;s improvisation.</p> <p>BirdsNest was originally developed for performances by Ensemble Evolution in November 2013 in Boston and Indianapolis, USA. In this context, the app was used alongside a collection of &ldquo;found sounds&rdquo;, branches, toys, and other unconventional instruments, in an ensemble improvisation. The app was revised to interact with Metatone Classifier in 2014 for a performances and formal studies with Ensemble Metatone. The app was first released in the iTunes App Store in early 2014, and a second version was released including design revisions informed by Ensemble Metatone&#39;s activities in October 2014.</p>