The Beat Machine is a handheld music synthesizer and sequencer. The authors discuss the development of the Beat Machine and how creative constraints and opportunities were introduced by the particularities of low-cost microprocessors and associated electronics. The discussion is framed as an exemplar of Kåre Poulsgaard's concept of enactive individuation, a framework for relating material engagement to digital design and fabrication. In reflecting on the design and making of the Beat Machine the authors connect this framework with more established notions of creative interaction and the affordances of digital media.

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Beat Machine：拥抱低成本计算机的创新局限和机遇

Beat Machine 是一款手持音乐合成器和音序器。作者讨论了 Beat Machine 的发展以及低成本微处理器和相关电子产品的特殊性如何引入了创造性的限制和机会。讨论被框定为 Kåre Poulsgaard 的积极个性化概念的范例，这是一个将材料参与与数字设计和制造联系起来的框架。在反思 Beat Machine 的设计和制作时，作者将这个框架与更成熟的创意交互概念和数字媒体的可供性联系起来。