The Ototo is an experimental PCB-based synthesizer, created by design and invention studio Dentaku. We originally covered the Ototo in Nov 2013 as a design concept. Now it is moving into production as a crowd-funded Kickstarter project.
Ototo allows you to combine sensors, inputs and touchpads to create your own electronic musical instrument. Ototo is designed to let anyone unpack a kit and interact with sound however they want to, no soldering or coding required.
Features:
- 12 key capacitive touch keyboard (1 octave) with connectors
- 4 sensor inputs, 5V analog input
- Onboard speaker and 3.5mm headphone output
- Powered by 2 x AA batteries or micro USB
- No coding required
- 128 Mbit Flash memory
Here’s the official intro video:
The project is already about 20% of the way to its funding goal. The Ototo is available to backers for £45. See the project site for more info.
Kind of pricey……
kind of hipsters…
When it gets too easy hipsters start ripping off cool shit, when hipsters rip off cool shit a giant cobra eats your girlfriend, don’t end up single because of hipsters who can’t solder.
synth version of the makey makey? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfQqh7iCcOU
sort of sad 🙁 … i guess this would be good for children
“adults” need to learn max / puredata and resistor codes
not really “anything becomes a synth”, more like anything becomes a trigger.
not only does it really not synth but more or less trigger, it’s really easy to accomplish what they are trying to do. I take any audio, drop it into a sampler, set the sample to loop after set time, set the time to a distance so short it self oscillates, any sound becomes a synth…
Interesting little device! Definitely something kids would enjoy creating music with!