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 Ge Wang makes computer music aiming to use computers and phones to make new kinds of instruments. He created a computer music programming language called ChucK. Programs made with this language can be run with various interfaces. In the embedded TedTalk he showcases various instruments he has made. One example is a repurposed game controller that can be set to create a variety of noises (mostly futuristic/science fiction sounding) the other is a ‘wind’ instrument which is played by blowing into the phones microphone and can be altered by holding various buttons on the screen that mimic holes/buttons that would exist on a traditional instrument.