The “Sonògraf” is an electronic audiovisual instrument.
It is conceived as a music learning tool. It allows drawings or collage to be transformed into music, turning gestural strokes and geometric figures into electronic sounds. A set of buttons and potentiometers allow live manipulation of the “sonification” characteristics of the drawing, making it possible to speed up, slow down or pause the resulting music, as well as decide its scales and tonalities.
The Sonògraf incorporates audio and video outputs, making it possible not only to practice the instrument intimately, but also to stage it in an audiovisual concert for all audiences.
The conception, engineering and design of Sonògraf has been taken care of so that everyone can enjoy playing intuitively, offering a new paradigm for understanding musical writing and moving away from the hermeticism of “traditional” notation based on staves.
It is a tool for learning music intuitively; away from “academic” complexities, and which links the world of plastic expression with musical expression.
In March 2024, Sonògraf received a People Choice Award and a jury honorary mention at the Guthman Musical Instrument Competition, held at Georgia Tech University in Atlanta, US. The Guthman prize is the most prestigious recognition to new developments in musical instrument oriented technology, and every year a selection of 8 to 10 projects coming from all corners of the world compete for this recognition.
