Bleep Labs has introduced the new Hard Soft Synth 3jb, a audio + video synthesizer.
The HSS3jb features 15 modes of audio/video excellence, each with 4-5 variables of control. There are also 8 video only modes designed for use with the trigger and audio inputs. An adjustable analog filter keeps everything smooth (or as gnarly as you?d like).
Here’s a video demo of the Hard Soft Synth 3jb:
This 2012 NAMM Show video, via Sonic State, features LZX Industries and their line of Eurorack video synthesis modules.
Michael Matos‘ Cusp – A Remembrance of the Forgotten is a short film synthesized using LZX Visionary modules, ‘my dearest Eurorack pals’ and an oscilloscope.
Matos explains:
A small basic lzx system using the vsg, into the tvp, into the video ramps to boost the signal straight to the oscilloscope.
I used a variety of euro, especially the WMD gamma wave, Maths, anti-oscillator, and the piston honda. I’m trying to explore a more primitive palette, than the one you usually see from the lzx. It’s a highly flexible system, and one that easily adapts to your vision.
For more info on these modules, see our LZX Industries posts and the LZX site.
Niklas Roy’s Lumenoise is a DIY project that lets you turn an old TV into a super-cool light synthesizer.
Here’s what Roy has to say about the project:
Lumenoise is a light pen, which turns your old CRT-TV into an audiovisual synthesizer. You paint abstract geometric patterns and sounds directly onto the screen. It is a playful and performative device, as anything that you do will cause an instantaneous reflection in the gadget?s sonic and visual output. I have captured a few minutes on video while I played with it:
Unlike modern flat TV?s, old school CRT?s draw the image line by line onto their phosphorescent screen. A photo transistor, placed on a tube TV?s surface, can recognize when the part of the image is drawn underneath it. If this photo transistor is connected with a micro controller which generates the video signal, the controller can localize the exact position of the photo transistor on the screen.
Bleep Labs has introduced the Hard Soft Synth 3i is an audio + video generator by ‘noisemaker extraordinaire’, Gieskes.
Features include:
More info including different code versions and PCB layouts on Gieskes? HSS page.
It’s available now in the Bleep Labs store, in several kit and pre-built formats, starting at $95.
The Synkie is a modular, open-source analog video processor, developed by Michael Egger, Flo Kaufmann and Max Egger.
Like a modular audio synthesizer, Synkie lets you work with the signal using patch cables, but producing images, not sound. It is described as “an instrument for video, a playground, a platform to explore new ways to transform a video signal.” Continue reading