AirGlow Features by Stratos Instruments LLC

AirGlow exists at the intersection of creative expression, musicianship, lighting design, and STEAM education. At first glance, it looks like a ukulele and a lightsaber had a baby. Underneath is a powerful combination of bleeding-edge electronics and an RGB LED array. It is held and performed much like an air guitar. Whether you’re a musician looking for the next thing to wow your audience, or a teacher looking to engage students with exciting music+art+technology concepts in the classroom, AirGlow has the features you've been searching for. Our collaborators are not-for-profit organizations including Cymaspace (a Portland Incubator that produces multi-sensory musical instruments and concerts for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community), the How Big Is Your Dream? Foundation, and Intel-4H-OSU Mariachi STEAM Camp.

AirGlow won acclaim as a world-finalist at the International GA Tech Guthman New Musical Instrument Competition in 2022.

You can interact with music and STEAM Education applications in MaxMSP using:

  • Fully 3D-printed body with neck strap and lightsaber handle

  • Air-strum sensor tracks air guitar motions of your hand

  • 42 RGB LED light strip and optical diffuser

  • Fretted AND Fretless pressure and position sensitive fingerboard

  • tilt and motion sensing with 3-axis accelerometer 3-axis gyroscope