Curious Inventor

Curious Inventor has released a set of new Stribe goodies, including:

• The Stribe Double
• The Stribe Quad
• The Stribe Shield

The Stribe1 is a sextacular touch strip LED controller that can be used to display and control music and video programs. Multiple Stribe1’s can be daisy-chained together to form a low-res, multi-touch display.

Use with Max/MSP or other software to adjust track volumes with VU meters, make a sequencer, control synth params and pitch, “scratch” through sounds, etc.

A microcontroller interface like the Arduino is required.

If you’re using the Stribe for music or multimedia, leave a link or use the YouTube embed option to post a video in the comments!

The Stribe is a DIY touch-strip interface with dual LED bargraph columns.

The video shows it being used with an Arduino, Max/MSP and Reason.

The kit sells for $79.99.

The new firmware version of Curious Inventor’s MIDIATOR Kit lets you map any button or joystick on a game controller to any MIDI note or controller, including button pressures.

For instance, you could make the vertical axis of the left joystick go from 89 at the bottom to 34 at the spring-returned center, to 5 at the top.

The video demos using a game controller to play a Jomox XBase09 drum module.

Things to Come Records posted some nice Flickr shots of the Voice of Saturn Sequencer & Synthesizer. 

These are a couple of cool synth DIY kits that should be suitable for even beginners. 

DIY kit maker CuriousInventor has introduced a new music sequencer kit, called the Voice of Saturn, that looks like an inexpensive way to get into analog sequencing.

This is a 10 step analog sequencer, which basically steps through 10 different voltage levels that are set by the black knobs. The output control voltage and trigger signals are typically used to control pitch, filters, drum triggers and an endless number of other parameters on other synths.

It’s based on a decade counter chip (CD4017) driven by a 555 timer (clock), although it can also use an external clock signal. The sequence can be shortened by connecting an eighth-inch audio cable from the reset jack on top to one of the step’s jacks. It features both a gate output and a S-trigger output for Moog synths.

Amazingly, the kit is just $125. It’s currently out of stock, no wonder why!

Check out their Voice of Saturn synth kit, too!

Here’s a video that shows you how this bad boy works:

Features:

• the 10 step sequence can be shortened by connecting a 1/8″ male-male audio cable from a step jack to the main reset jack.
• The internal clock can be bypassed so that an external clock can drive the VoS Sequencer. We’re not entirely sure what types of clocks it’s compatible with, however. The internal clock can also be output to drive another device.
• Features both a Gate out and S-Trigger out for older Moogs.
• Battery powered: you may want to add a fixed voltage supply to keep the CV levels from drifting as the battery dies, although we’ve found it to last a long time.
• When the clock switch is off, the hold switch can be used to manually step through the sequence.

via recompas