http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2YhldxZIJs Akai‘s EWI USB is a $499.00 wind controller that features a plug-and-play USB interface for use with the included Aria software, with Garritan and Akai Professional samples as a sound source. Features: Electronic wind instrument controller Easy to play, easy to use, and easy to own Powerful, flexible, and reliable Plug-and-play USB connection to Mac… Read More Akai EWI USB Wind Instrument
This is an audio demo (no video) of creating Battlestar Galactica Cylon voices with an EMS Vocoder-System 2000B MkII and Roland SVC-350 Vocoder. Cheesy, but fun!
Martin Kaltenbrunner has published a very nice overview of tangible musical interfaces, focusing on table-top controllers, such as music tables and audio building blocks. Projects featured include: Audiopad – a composition and performance instrument for electronic music which tracks the positions of objects on a tabletop surface and converts their motion into music. Audio d-touch… Read More A Guide To Tangible Music Interfaces
This demo video, from Moog Music, shows how the Moog Guitar‘s CV input can be used in combination with the new Etherwave Plus, which has CV outputs. Guitarist are probably going to freak out about this – but the Etherwave’s CV outputs are especially cool.
This is a quick demo of beta 0.1 of Incisor – an extension to Molar which provides Video Cutup functionality. Uses a Monome 128, Isadora and Molar. Docs and Downloads here.
Kenny and Noel of producer duo NuVintage show some of the real-time capabilities of Native Instruments’ new groove production studio Maschine at NAMM 2009.
PInhead‘s Insanity Generator, a bizarro Mexican penguin guitar synthesizer, is a tasty abomination: Here’s a birthday present for my long-time-bro Jonathan Barkin (his birthday was in November). It’s a touch-sensitive synth built into a little guitar I bought for 100 pesos in Tijuana. It’s triggered by tapping on the piezo element sealed underneath the penguin,… Read More Bizarro Mexican Penguin Guitar Synthesizer
Got some extra cash burning a hole in your pocket? If so, consider yourself fortunate and check out Moog’s Grammy Sale. For all of February, Moog Music is offering rebates on some of its most popular electronic music gear: Receive Massive Rebates on Moog Gear $100 – Minimoog Voyager or Voyager Old School, $75 –… Read More Save $$$ On A Moog Synthesizer, Theremin Or Moogerfooger In February
Little Scale demos Ableton Live synced to the Korg DS-10 running on the Nintendo DS Lite. Details here.
This video, via Scott Stites, demos the Appendage patched as a keyboard modulation controller, controlling three parameters from a single control surface: Filter cutoff, Triangle Vibrato at one frequency, and Pulse Vibrato at a higher frequency. The position of the initial pressure controls filter cutoff. Sliding up from the initial point of pressure introduces triangle… Read More Appendage As A Keyboard Modulation Controller
