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In this video, violinist Jon Rose controls ring modulation with the K-Bow, a Bluetooth enabled sensor bow for string instruments, turning Maurice Jarre’s Lara’s Theme, from Dr. Zhivago, into atonal sheets of sound. Read more…

In this video demo, violinist Jon Rose controls feedback with the K-Bow, a Bluetooth-enabled sensor bow for string instruments.

Filmed at STEIM, Amsterdam, 04/2009.

Image: Paul Lindeboom

Saturday Synth Porn: This is a great shot of the Kraakdoos, or Crackle Box, designed by Michel Waisvisz of STEIM in the seventies.

The main concept of the Crackle Box is that the human body becomes a vital part of the electronics (or the other way around) while playing it. It is a touch and pressure sensitive device that squeeks and makes a lot of noise when played with.

If you’ve used the Crackle Box, leave a comment with your thoughts!

For one week each year, the Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Arts gathers creators and performers of new media arts from around the world to the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul (USA) to showcase their work to the public.

February 17 - 22, 2009
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN.

If you’re a Twitter user, you can follow the events on Twitter.

Details below. Read more…

STEIM has released junXion v4 - a Mac OSX data routing application that can process ’sensors’ from any human interface device (joysticks, mice, touchscreens) using conditional processing and remapping, with MIDI or OSC events as its output. The resulting MIDI or OSC data is then available to any audio or music software that runs on that Mac or can be send to external MIDI/OSC devices. Read more…