Peter Peck of Yamaha gives a demo of the Tenori-On at the official UK Launch in London on Sept 4, 2007:

Here, Toshio Iwai, the creator of the Tenori-On, gives a demo of the new music gizmo:

While the Tenori-On may have a cramped user interface with limited expressive capabilities and primitive sound manipulation options, it’s got [...]

Yamaha’s unique Tenori-On musical instrument is being launched today at at Phonica Records, in SOHO, London. A second launch event will be presented by Futuresonic at Mint Lounge, Manchester on 5th Sep, 2007.
For those that can’t be there, here’s what you need to know:
What Is The Tenori-On?
The Tenori-On is a 16 x 16 LED [...]

 

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Circuit bending is the process of creatively short-circuiting cheap electronic devices such as guitar effects, children’s toys and synthesizers to create new musical instruments and sound generators.
If you’re not familiar with it, you might want to check out this short preview for the circuit bending documentary by Derek Sajbel. The video features Q.R. Ghazala, Nebula [...]

The reactable is a state-of-the-art multi-user electro-acoustic music instrument with a tabletop tangible user interface. Several simultaneous performers share complete control over the instrument by moving physical artefacts on the table surface and constructing different audio topologies in a kind of tangible modular synthesizer or graspable flow-controlled programming language.
If that sounds like a bunch of [...]

NAMM 2006 Winter Show: Akai Professional introduced the EWI4000S Wind Controller.
The newest addition to the EWI family incorporates numerous enhancements to its overall design as a wind controller, and adds an integrated analog modeling synthesizer optimized for wind control, dedicated MIDI In and Out ports, an audio output, new performance functions, internal effects processing, and [...]

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 [...]

ElectroKraft has announced an experimental effects unit/theremin synthesizer, The Space Box.
2 Devices In One Box
The Space Box can be used to process guitar, bass, keyboard, synthesizer or microphone, or used as a stand-alone photocell-controlled theremin synthesizer. A photocell is contained inside a lens on top of the unit that reacts to light and shadow. Waving [...]

ElektroKraft has introduced the Axe*Synth, a guitar synth that is part theremin, part science fiction and completely one-of-a-kind!
From Classical Guitars to Digital Guitars
Classical guitar builder, pickup maker and custom effects pedal builder Tony Amendolare has been immersed in the pursuit of creating electronic musical instruments that spark the imagination and create worlds of new sound.
“I [...]

Electronic Music Interactive is a multimedia primer for electronic music. Developed by the New Media Center at the University of Oregon, the Shockwave/Flash site provides sounds, diagrams and animations that explain the elements of electronic music.
The site gives vistors an overview of the subject, and demonstrates concepts like the relationship between the shapes of waves [...]