At the 2015 NAMM Show, inventor Paul Vo (Moog Guitar) introduced the Wond String Exciter, a new device, designed to let you explore new ways of playing string instruments. Vo’s instruments explore the idea of ‘acoustic synthesis’ – using electronics to control the vibration of physical objects and to shape the harmonics of the resulting sounds. And, while… Read More Sound Design With The Paul Vo Wond
Electronic music instrument pioneers Tom Oberheim and Roger Linn have created some of the most important electronic music instruments of the last 4 decades. In this video, they demonstrate what happens when you put together two of their instruments – designed 40 years apart.
This video, via Chris Randall (Audio Damage, Sister Machine Gun, Micronaut), captures glitch one / glitch two – described as ‘the first two tracks of a fictional live set’.
The Nerdsynth is a hardware analogue and digital synthesizer, groovebox, sampler, tracker, visualizer, digitizer, music instrument and ‘experimentizer’ in one machine. The Nerdsynth has 6 polyphonic tracks: One track is dedicated to the internal Nerdsynth soundship A second track is a sampler track. The 4 other tracks are connected to external sound cartridges which are inserted… Read More Nerdsynth Hardware Tracker Workstation (Sneak Preview)
In the latest Sonic Lab video, Gaz Williams takes a look at the Novation Circuit – a new grid-based standalone groovebox.
Percussionist and instrument designer Andy Graham shared this performance demo of his Electric Stringed Didgeridoo:
Best of 2015: This year has seen the introduction of a huge number and a huge variety of MIDI controllers & instruments. The MIDI controllers introduced in 2015 include traditional MIDI control keyboards, drum controllers and wind controllers. But 2015 also saw the introduction of many more exotic controllers, like the Livid Minim mobile controller, the AudioCubes… Read More What’s The Best New MIDI Instrument Or Controller Of 2015?
The Collidoscope, above, is a hardware synth prototype, created by researchers Ben Bengler & Fiore Martin, that is a ‘musical microscope’ for up to four people. “Think of Collidoscope as a musical microscope that allows you to zoom into sounds and explore their beautiful peculiarities, and in the next moment, to play and perform your sonic discoveries like… Read More The Collidoscope Synthesizer – A Collaborative ‘Musical Microscope’
Reader Phillip Stevens let us know about a Kickstarter project he’s running to develop a new Arduino, just right for audio projects, Goldilocks Analogue. Arduino is an open-source computer platform, designed for creating microcontroller-based devices. The goal of the Goldilocks Analogue is to bring sophisticated analog and audio input, output, and storage capability to the Arduino environment. Here’s… Read More Goldilocks Analogue Combines Arduino With Audio I/O, Is ‘Just Right’ For Music Projects
This video, via Voltage Control Lab, takes a look synthesizer kick drums using FM synthesis on the Roland Scooper. While the Scooper is, by default, a looper and effects processor, it can be repatched, using the Aira Modular Customizer, to customize its functionality.
