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Filed under: Drum Machines & Groove Boxes, Electronic Instruments, StrangeTony Amendolare at ElectroKraft has created a unique new music controller for the NES, the Sonic DrumAxe.
Tony’s always coming up with unusual instruments (see our previous ElectroKraft coverage), and the Sonic DrumAxe is no exception.
The Sonic DrumAxe is a controller that connects to the Nintendo NES video game system. Used with the Super Synth Drums cartridge, you can use the DrumAxe to create true 8-bit NES percussion/drum sounds.
You wear the Sonic DrumAxe like a guitar. There are 7 touch sensors which you tap to produce sounds.
The Sonic DrumAxe is a custom instrument, but Tony says this one is for sale and ready to ship. It includes the Super Synth Drums cartridge, cable to connect the DrumAxe to the NES, the Sonic DrumAxe controller, power adapter and one NES gamepad.
Tony’s looking for offers over $299. Inquiries to Tony at ElectroKraft (at) optonline.net
Tony Amendolare at ElectroKraft has introduced Super Synth Drums – an NES cartridge that runs the machine into a drum synth.
Super Synth Drums is a genuine Nintendo NES cartridge that transforms your original NES, or clone system (Yobo, Generation Nex) into an 8 bit percussion instrument. Just plug the cartridge into your Nintendo NES system (or clone), and connect to an amplifier or TV for audio.
Super Synth Drums sells for $49.
ElectroKraft has introduced the Sonar*Axe, an “experimental sci-fi MIDI controller using a sonar sensor to detect hand position (generating notes), and a photocell to generate changes in note octave.”
The Sonar*Axe can be used to control any MIDI-compatible device.
ElectroKraft specializes in machines “designed to alter, change and morph the standard canned sounds of any midi drum machine, synth or keyboard. They are alternative midi controllers, using things like photocells and sonar sensors instead of keys or buttons, giving them a very Theremin-like functionality.”
More information is available at the ElectroKraft site.
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Filed under: Electronic Instruments, MIDI Controllers, Strange, theremin
ElectroKraft has introduced the Lunar Module, an alternative controller that uses photocells to enable theremin-like control of MIDI signals. The Lunar Module can be plugged into any synthesizer, keyboard or drum machine with MIDI input to create sounds not before possible.
“I have created an exciting alternative MIDI controller that will produce sounds and rhythms not before possible with currently available midi controllers,” says ElectroKraft’s Tony Amendolare. “The Lunar Module will transform your store bought sound modules, synths and drum machines into completely new instruments.”
“Each one is hand made and can be customized to add controller options like pitch bend, sustain, modulation wheel, etc,” adds Amendolare. “Customizing can be done before or anytime after purchase.”
Features:
- Photocell control: Use your hands to control the amount of light or shadow that reaches each photocell. Control any midi receiving device like a Theremin.
- Standard controls include sound bank change, note on/off, octave changes, and an “all sounds off” button.
- Customizing: Through custom programming an array of options can be added to the “Lunar Module” like pitch bend, sustain, modulation wheel, etc.
Buy Now & Customize Later:
Each Lunar Module can be programmed to add custom control features before shipping. If you’d like to add other control features to compliment a new sound module, synth or drum machine you can do so anytime after purchase.
Satisfaction Guaranteed:
If after purchase you are not satisfied for any reason you may return the “Lunar Module” for a complete refund before 7 days.
Warranty:
If the “Lunar Module” should ever fail it will be repaired or replaced at no cost to the original owner.
The Lunar Module is available direct from ElectroKraft.com for $249.00, with free shipping in the continental U.S.
ElectroKraft.com has announced the resurrection of the 1980’s video game Space Invaders in a cool modular synth box called the Space*Synth.
Using the original synth chip from the 1980’s video arcade game Space Invaders, ElectroKraft has captured the familiar, yet otherworldly sounds of classic video games.
Tony Amendolare from ElectroKraft.com is creating experimental electronic instruments and effects that are influenced by the burgeoning new sounds in the areas of chip music, experimental electronica, noise and circuit bending.
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