Zendrum Zap Puts Zendrum Awesomeness Into small Package

The ZAP (Zendrum Articulating Programmer) is a compact stationary MIDI controller designed with a smaller footprint specifically to fit in tight spaces and studio environments. Four adjustable threaded feet customize the playing angle for desktop workstation beats. It can be mounted to a snare stand (via optional universal adapter) for live playing situations. Solid heavyweight… Read More Zendrum Zap Puts Zendrum Awesomeness Into small Package

February 5, 2008Leave a comment

Stylophone Gets MP3 Jack

Firebox is selling a Stylophone reissue with a couple of minor updates – they added a volume control and a jack to plug in your MP3 player. Here are the details: So what exactly is a Stylophone? Well, basically, this bizarre little battery-operated instrument is a box packed with transistors, resistors, diodes and other old-school… Read More Stylophone Gets MP3 Jack

February 4, 2008Leave a comment

The Morrison Digital Trumpet

[display_podcast] The Morrison Digital Trumpet, or MDT, is a new brass-style MIDI wind controller designed by Steve Marshall with Australian multi-instrumentalist James Morrison. The MDT is a MIDI wind controller designed to make it as easy as possible to transition from the regular trumpet. For trumpeters, your hand position will be very similar to what… Read More The Morrison Digital Trumpet

February 3, 2008Leave a comment

Roland Debuts Horribly Named V-Drums V-Tour Series TD-9S/TD-9SX

NAMM Update: Roland introduced it new V-Drums V-Tour Series TD-9S/TD-9SX. They should give Roland some sort of record for having the worst name ever for a piece of cool gear. I’m not sure if it’s the V-Tour part – which makes it sort of sound like you’d use these to play drums in Second Life,… Read More Roland Debuts Horribly Named V-Drums V-Tour Series TD-9S/TD-9SX

January 24, 20084 Comments

The Roland GR-20 Guitar Synthesizer

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=11250783B00089E8 The Roland GR-20 Guitar Synthesizer is the latest guitar synth in a long line of guitar synths from Roland. The videos above offer Roland’s official introductions to the GR-20. To use the GR-20, you: Attach the included GK-3 Divided Pickup to your steel-stringed electric (no drilling necessary). Second, select the type of sound you… Read More The Roland GR-20 Guitar Synthesizer

January 23, 2008January 24, 2009Leave a comment

NAMM: Roland FR-2 Series V-Accordions

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

January 23, 2008January 23, 20081 Comment

The Bubblegum Sequencer

Remember the steampunk music sequencer? Here’s something even more lo-fi. The Bubblegum Sequencer is a physical step sequencer that lets you create drumloops by arranging colored balls on a tangible surface. It generates MIDI events and can be used as an input device to control audio hardware and software. The Bubblegum Sequencer senses the position… Read More The Bubblegum Sequencer

January 22, 2008April 8, 2008Leave a comment

Tara Busch – Switched on Mellotron!

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January 18, 2008November 14, 2011Leave a comment

New Music Interfaces

You may remember Peter Bennett and his steampunk music sequencer. Here’s a series of videos from Bennett feature other interesting new interfaces for music. The Virtual Drum A haptic force feedback device that simulates the feel of a drum, designed as part of Bennett’s MEng in Cybernetics at the University of Reading. The switch held… Read More New Music Interfaces

January 16, 2008April 8, 2008Leave a comment

Steampunk Music Sequencer

PhD student and cybernetics guru Peter Bennet has created a new tangible interface, Beat Bearing, which is a sort of steampunk-style music sequencer. Creatively, Bennet uses ball bearings on washer as a way of completing a circuit to make a switch. Sequences are created by moving ball bearings from the tray to one of the… Read More Steampunk Music Sequencer

January 15, 2008April 8, 2008Leave a comment

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