Category: Electronic Instruments

Pencil Fields – DIY Pencil Controlled Synthesis

Reader Palle Dahlstedt sent in this video that captures a live performance on a custom built instrument, using a pencil drawing as a gestural interface for controlling complex analog synthesis (on a Bugbrand Modular). Here are the technical details: The instrument works by creating a voltage potential field in the graphite/pencil markings on the paper using custom… Read More Pencil Fields – DIY Pencil Controlled Synthesis

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Anima Morte – ‘Vintage Italian Horror Music, From Sweden’

This set of videos takes a behind the scenes look at the creation of Anima Morte‘s The Nightmare Becomes Reality. The Anima Morte project is described as ‘vintage Italian horror music, from Sweden. Above, Anima Morte recording synthesizers, percussion & effects with Mattias Olsson @ ROTH-HÄNDLE Studio, Stockholm/Sweden – August 2010.

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Alternative Instrument Synth Jam

Sunday Synth Jam: Pensieri, by Gianni Proietti, features some devices that few would recognize as musical instruments, including, Eigenharp Pico, Yamaha Tenori On and Novation Launchpad – used to create some unabashedly romantic music. The track is dedicated to Proietti’s wife.

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