Xavier Davenport's "The Spinductor: A Multi-Dimensional Magnetic Field Neural Network Enhanced Musical Instrument!" - Image of Research 2025

The spinductor is an instrument which allows the performer to hold or wear magnets and gesture in and around the instrument to control sounds. Controllable sound parameters could include things like pitch, rhythm, density, and especially tone color. Rather than being an instrument of precision, the many coupled dimensions of data are fed through a neural network, producing a parameter space that is explorable by altering the magnetic field throughout the instrument. There are also electromagnetic coils on the spinductor which can pulse, providing a sensation of haptic feedback for the performer to push and pull against without needing to touch the instrument! This image is a dramatic depiction of how a player might gesture with magnets around the spinductor and perform with the magnetic field.