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!
Petition to blacklist snorers from hostels. Or give them their own rooms where they can snore in harmony.
September 19, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Petition to blacklist snorers from hostels. Or give them their own rooms where they can snore in harmony.
Reposted by Frazer Merrick
Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge?
It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
September 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge?
It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
Reposted by Frazer Merrick
I am sickened by the relentless demonisation of refugees.
No refugee underfunded a school.
No refugee closed a hospital.
No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled.
We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
No refugee underfunded a school.
No refugee closed a hospital.
No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled.
We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
August 27, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I am sickened by the relentless demonisation of refugees.
No refugee underfunded a school.
No refugee closed a hospital.
No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled.
We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
No refugee underfunded a school.
No refugee closed a hospital.
No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled.
We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
At this point, the word immersive has lost all meaning.
July 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
At this point, the word immersive has lost all meaning.
Reposted by Frazer Merrick
I submitted SPOKE for the MIDI awards. Public voting starts soon (now?). There's at least 4 other projects in the awards of people I know and who also deserve to be recognised. So, you know, vote for who you think should win :)
midi.org/innovation-a...
midi.org/innovation-a...
SPOKE
midi.org
July 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I submitted SPOKE for the MIDI awards. Public voting starts soon (now?). There's at least 4 other projects in the awards of people I know and who also deserve to be recognised. So, you know, vote for who you think should win :)
midi.org/innovation-a...
midi.org/innovation-a...
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 🗿
I think *fake podcast* might just be my most hated advert format. So much grifting.
July 1, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I think *fake podcast* might just be my most hated advert format. So much grifting.
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!
Petition to ban voice notes longer than 10s.
I do not want to listen to your monologue. Collect your thoughts and write them down. Please 😩
I do not want to listen to your monologue. Collect your thoughts and write them down. Please 😩
June 14, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Petition to ban voice notes longer than 10s.
I do not want to listen to your monologue. Collect your thoughts and write them down. Please 😩
I do not want to listen to your monologue. Collect your thoughts and write them down. Please 😩
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.
West Ham, forever snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
April 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
West Ham, forever snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
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!
Reverse listening headphones!
I’ve been working on some science of sound teaching resources and made these 🎧
I’ve been working on some science of sound teaching resources and made these 🎧
March 18, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Reverse listening headphones!
I’ve been working on some science of sound teaching resources and made these 🎧
I’ve been working on some science of sound teaching resources and made these 🎧
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:
Ran a podcast workshop in an acoustically cavernous room this week, so built this very diy vocal booth and the results were surprisingly decent!
February 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Ran a podcast workshop in an acoustically cavernous room this week, so built this very diy vocal booth and the results were surprisingly decent!