Electronic Instruments

Pure Analog was uploaded by: magevers
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performing ableton live on the jazzmutant lemur + walkthrough was uploaded by: tonvibration
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Tonewheels is an experiment in converting graphical imagery to sound, inspired by some of the pioneering 20th Century electronic music inventions.
In this three day workshop from 24-27 October 2009 in Bulgaria, participants built a simple light-to-sound converter and DC motor controller, and then began to experiment with drawing sounds onto transparent “tonewheels”. The workshop ended [...]

Sound Textile experimentations at Modefabriken – umlautbrikauski “freaking out on the Textile Harp”.
This is obviously early on in development – but the idea of fabric synth controllers is intriguing.

The Bob Moog Foundation has created a calendar celebrating the rich history of the Moog Legacy through vintage photos, memorabilia, quotes and information taken directly from Bob’s archive.
The photos trace pivotal moments in Bob’s early career and highlight musicians and pioneers who inspired his work.
The calendar is $20 in the Foundation shop.

Moog Music as announced updates to its MP202 Multi-Pedal.
New features include:

MIDI-to-CV conversion,
Loopable Envelope Generators with four Envelope Shapes (Linear, Logarithmic, Exponential and Complex)
CV Lag
CV Scaling and
The ability to trigger Gates and MIDI events.

These new features add to the existing feature list including, MIDI Clock Sync, Tap Tempo, Programmable Heel and Toe Voltages, four LFOs, four [...]

Earlier in the month, we brought you the news of the new Yamaha Tenori On Orange, aka the TRN-O.
The TRN-O is an entry-level version of the Tenori On, offering the same basic musical functionality, but using orange LEDs, stripping away the backlighting LEDs and using a basic white plastic case.
Yamaha has not officially announced the [...]

The BT Visit London Awards 2009 opened this year at The Westfield Centre, London to the sound of a 10 piece Tenori-On Orchestra.
The event, to celebrate and award the best of the tourism industry in London, was opened in style. A  string quartet began playing Beethoven’s 5th against a back drop of images of London. [...]

Native Instruments has released Maschine 1.1, a free software update for its groove production studio.
The new version optimizes the workflow and increases the creative potential of Maschine through new MIDI I/O capabilities, support for the REX loop format, enhanced controller interaction, and more.

Eigenlabs has posted a couple of videos that offer an introduction and tutorial for the new Eigenharp Pico.
With 18 playing keys and 4 mode keys, a strip controller and breath pipe, the Pico has the majority of the playing features of the Eigenharp Alpha. It plays an unlimited range of sounds and is available in [...]