433 Sense of Space
Firmware for Workshop System Computer (Music Thing Modular)
Whimsical 4'33"-inspired ambience looper with a three-loop transport, LED countdown, restlessness fidgets, Pulse In restart, and chair creak one-shot.
by Adrian Vos
- Distribution
- Prebuilt image you flash yourself
- License notes
- Upstream info.yaml says: Mixed - original source and reverb components are MIT; dependencies retain their own licences; embedded BBC Sound Effects audio is subject to BBC Sound Effects Archive licensing
- Source
- github.com https://github.com/TomWhitwell/Workshop_Computer/tree/main/releases/433_sense_of_space
- Homepage
- computer.musicthing.co.uk https://computer.musicthing.co.uk/programs/433-sense-of-space/
- Synced from
- upstream metadata, raw.githubusercontent.com https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TomWhitwell/Workshop_Computer/main/releases/433_sense_of_space/info.yaml. Corrections belong upstream.
- ambience
- reverb
- sampler
- experimental
- foley
- cards
Description
433 Sense of Space is supplied as 2 MB and 16 MB builds. The 2 MB build uses a compact 10 kHz stereo 8-bit ambience asset, while the 16 MB build uses a cleaner 24 kHz stereo 16-bit ambience asset. It is not a recording or reconstruction of a 4'33" performance, but a sound work about the anticipation, room tone, and incidental activity around one. Switch Up stops and arms the performance, Switch Middle starts three 91 second loops sourced from 1:30-3:01 of the BBC recording, and the left column LEDs count down from three loops to zero. Switch Down or Pulse In 1 triggers a short chair/stool creak one-shot representing the musician shifting in their seat. Pulse In 2 restarts the full performance from the beginning.
Version history
| Version | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.2.1 | 2026-07-16 | Version and date from the card's info.yaml. |