This video, via MILQUETOASTE, demonstrates the Clandestign Clazoo – an awesome MacGyvered cigar box ribbon synth.
Here’s what he has to say about the Clandestign Clazoo:
Prototype Arduino-driven single voice digital/analog synth.
Touch sensor forms virtual keyboard, with 33 musical modes transposable to any key and full ADSR control of variable bandpass filter. Arduino pro mini, digital pot, serial LCD, 2 vactrols, opamp bandpass filter and amp.
Open source hardware and software, kits and boards coming soon.
Pricing and availability are to be announced.
Would you be interested in building a cigar box ribbon synth? Let us know what you think!
Interested! I want to build and/or purchase one!
Hell YES I would build one, tomorrow! It’s the perfect design for a playable ‘fretless’ ribbon synth instrument! Korg, hire this man….
I knew a guy who made great cigar box guitars. They were great because they sounded funk-cool and you could play actual music with them. This “cigar box ribbon synth” = another pointless turd. 🙂
Man, there is always one, and as my wife says there is usually two, so where’s the next one.
Nice to see the speaker in the box 🙂 Feedback with an external amp could be fun too.
Well, thanks for filling us in on how uncool this actually is. I don’t know how to thank you. You do seem like an expert on turds.
Is that arduino board ? *Pointless turd = Someone who relates a semi acoustic guitar design to that of a haptic controller pushing boundaries of live synthesis and control. Its ideas like this however crude that push boundaries of electronic instrument design synthesis parameters with live performance.
ps. I bet you aren’t very funky or cool are you
I would build one!
What’s missing is the ability to slide notes on the Ribbon, but that may be fixed in Software. The stepping of notes while sliding sucks. Besides that, count me in.
Folktastic! I need one.
Why is the scale backwards?
Like I said… turd
Stop being a smelly poo poo face.
I totally lost interest when I realized it was powered by an arduino.
Basically, it’s just s digital synth with a novel input- which isn’t even actually analog since it pops from discrete note to discrete note.
Meh.