Polish startup Polyend has announced that the PERC – a MIDI-controlled system for playing acoustic percussion instruments – is now available for pre-order. The PERC system can be combined with any set of drums to create a robotic virtual drummer, to augment a traditional drum kit or to create live acoustic drumming that explores territory… Read More Polyend PERC Robotic MIDI Drummer Now Available For Pre-Order
This video, via Sander Sneek, demos virtual reality beat making, using an Oculus Rift virtual reality headset.
Future Retro has announced that their FR-512 Touchplate Keyboard is now in production. The Future Retro FR-512 Touchplate Keyboard is a combination MIDI & CV controller, so it should be capable of working with just about any synth. Here’s a sneak preview of the production process:
Electrical engineer Star Simpson has introduced a set of new DIY projects that pay tribute to Forrest M. Mims III, author of the classic electronics DIY Radio Shack books, like Getting Started in Electronics. The three projects feature PCBs, printed with Mims’ original circuit illustrations, and the parts to build the circuits. One of the circuits featured, above,… Read More Circuit Classics Pay Tribute To Work Of Forrest M. Mims III
At Superbooth 16, JoMox was showing one of the most unusual electronic instruments we’ve seen this year, the Akasha Synth. Akasha is a dodecahedron-shaped instrument, with 12 interacting grids with 5 sides, allowing for 60 interconnections. Here’s a video demo by JoMox founder Jürgen Michaelis:
The VODER “talking machine,” originally created by Bell Laboratories for the 1939 New York World’s Fair and San Francisco Exhibitions, has been recreated using modern components made by Synthetic Sound Labs (SSL), under contract by Nokia Bell Labs. The new VODER is going to be played later this month as part of the Human Digital… Read More Synthetic Sound Labs Recreates 1939 VODER Talking Machine
If Jimi Hendrix were a young musician today, would he be playing keyboards, instead of guitar?
At Superbooth 16, Cuckoo caught up with composer, sound designer and EaganMatrix co-designer Edmund Eagan.
At Musikmesse 2016, Yamaha introduced a new line of guitars, the Yamaha TransAcoustic Guitar, that includes electro-acoustic chorus and reverb. The effects are generated by an actuator, fitted inside the guitar, that vibrates in response to string vibrations. These vibrations are then carried by the body of the guitar and the air inside and out, generating reverb and… Read More Yamaha TransAcoustic Guitar Features Built In Electro-Acoustic Effects
Developer Guy Jackson has launched an Indiegogo campaign to produce the Lumen, a self-contained electronic handpan. The Lumen provides the playing experience of it’s acoustic inspiration, with the added benefits that electronics bring. It features built-in amplified speakers, an advanced on-board audio processor and full velocity sensitivity. Being an electronic instrument, you can change the samples,… Read More The Lumen Is Like An Electronic Handpan On Steroids
