Eowave has announced the Eobody2 Live Sensor Controller Pack is now shipping. The kit offers an easy way to get into creating DIY MIDI sensor interfaces. Eobody2 Live Sensor Controller Pack includes: 1 Eobody2 USB8 SensorBox 2 x 18 mm pressure sensors 2 x 10 cm position sensors 1 x 20/80 cm distance sensor –… Read More Eobody2 Live Sensor Controller Pack
Vision Systems Design, an engineering tech journal, has an interesting discussion on the technology behind the Reactable synthesizer interface. The Reactable, developed by researchers at the Pompeu Fabra University, is a tangible interface for manipulating synth sounds built from an off-the-shelf camera, computer projector, PC, and a custom-built light-table. The Reactable hardware is based on… Read More Secrets Of The Reactable’s Pattern Recognition
Kenton has added to their unique range of studio solutions with the Merge 4, a 4-way MIDI merge box. Operation of the Merge 4 doesn’t get more straightforward — take four opto-isolated MIDI Ins, merge the four streams of data and deliver the combined results to two MIDI Outs (both carry identical MIDI data). Once… Read More Kenton Releases Merge 4 MIDI Merge Box
Winter NAMM Show: Alesis introduced their USB Pro Drum Kit, which combines the Trigger|iO interface with drum kit controller hardware to give you a complete, computer-friendly electronic percussion kit. Everything has a USB connector on it now – but this could be the biggest USB gadget ever. All of the pads in the USB Pro… Read More Is Alesis’ USB Drum Kit The Biggest USB Gadget Ever?
Tired of Lady of Spain? Next time you see an accordian player, they’re likely to be plaing Lucky Man, or even some hip-hop. Roland has announced the FR-2 series V-Accordions. These instruments offer Roland’s Physical Behavior Modeling technology, providing true tone and characteristics of the world’s best accordions, but they are significantly lighter. They also… Read More NAMM: Roland FR-2 Series V-Accordions
The Houston Chronicle has an interesting article that looks at Brain Music Therapy, the medical practice of using brain waves to generate music to help people relax. “Your brain is actually listening to the best of itself,” said William Wade, a psychotherapist who offers Brain Music Therapy at his practice, the Institute for Family Psychology,… Read More Is Brain Music Snake Oil?
pepemogt has posted an interesting jam with the Tenori-On as Midi-CV-Gate controller for Analogue Solutions tr-808 and tr-909 drums, the EML modular synth, Drumulator and Oberheim Xpander.
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Edirol has released a free update that turns its M-16DX digital mixer, multi-i/o computer interface and production console into a control surface for popular DAW apps. The v2 software includes Cakewalk SONAR and Apple Logic modes that enable these DAWs to be controlled out of the box, with the knobs on the hardware assigned to… Read More Edirol Turns Its Mixer Into A Control Surface
M-Audio is now shipping the KeyStudio 49i music production system, the first-ever USB keyboard controller to integrate a 2-in/2-out audio interface and on-board premium piano sound. In designing the KeyStudio 49i keyboard, M-Audio engineers focused on the needs of songwriters: a keyboard controller, on-board premium piano sound, software General MIDI sound bank, audio/MIDI recording interface… Read More M-Audio KeyStudio 49i Offers MIDI Controller, Realistic Piano Sound
