Synthesia – The Open Synth Hardware Platform

The Synthesia platform is a project whose purpose is to create an open analog modeling musical synthesizer – a synthesizer implemented using both analog and digital components that intends to emulate the sounds of traditional analog synthesizers, controllable through Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI). The synthesizer platform exists upon it’s own standalone hardware, and may… Read More Synthesia – The Open Synth Hardware Platform

The Technofunk Collective In Action

This video captures Canada’s Technofunk Collective in action.  Technofunk’s recent performance at the Fritz Helder and the Phantoms CD release party unveiled their prototype “reactifunk” table. Through some reverse engineering and loads of tinkering the collective has adapted the basic software of the funkiest musical instrument in the world, the Reactable. Inspired by Bjork’s recent live… Read More The Technofunk Collective In Action

Telematic Drum Circle

Kyle McDonald captured this video of a hack of Byeong Sam Jeon’s telematic drum circle: I got a little bored with re-aligning switches for the pneumatics and resetting various modules, so I dug through Byeong Sam’s code. Since it was just 16 serial ports, each at 9600 baud receiving characters ‘1’ through ‘9’ for velocity, I wrote… Read More Telematic Drum Circle

Thomas Dolby On the Muse Research Receptor

This video features Thomas Dolby’s take on the Muse Research Receptor 2 Pro and the Receptor 2 Pro Max.  According to Muse: These new models of Receptor are faster, smarter, and better in all respects than the previous generation. They feature entirely new computational engines including incredibly fast dual-core processors that offer twice the power… Read More Thomas Dolby On the Muse Research Receptor