Developer Matt Heins has announced the Hackme Vector – a new way to interact with a modular synthesizer that’s a bit like a theremin on steroids. Vector is a three dimensional control interface designed for Eurorack modular system. It senses the location of a hand over its face and outputs a signal proportional to position… Read More New Vector 3D Sensing Gesture Controller For Modular Synthesizers
Dave Smith introduces the new Dave Smith Instruments’ Mopho SE – a “powerful, portable and professional synthesizer” in this new video. They’ve “taken it up a notch,” he says, and have added an octave to the Mopho SE keyboard, and have now outfitted it with the custom soft-touch knobs from the Prophet 12. It also… Read More Dave Smith Previews New Mopho SE
Open Music Labs has introduced x0x-heart – a new clone of the Roland TB-303 synthesizer voice. Purists may argue that it’s a clone of the second cousin of a clone of the original TB-303, but $79 gets you a populated PCB + power supply. Buyers will need to add pots, controls & a case or panel.… Read More $79 TB-303 Analog Synth Voice Clone Board, x0x-heart
Developer Tyler Freeman has introduced DrumPants – an inexpensive wearable MIDI controller that you can put in your pants. We featured a lot of creative MIDI controllers on Synthtopia recently, but DrumPants spank the competition in the ‘wear it in your pants’ department. DrumPants have the advantage of being both inexpensive (pricing starts at $89) and… Read More DrumPants Puts Industrial-Strength MIDI Control In Your Pants
Sunday Synth Jam: The following video captures a raw and uncut live improvisation, via Tyler of Perplex On, with an iPad running Samplr, a toy music box, Ableton Push, NI Maschine and a Leap Motion Sensor.
David Gilmour – Dark Side of the Moon on the run Synthi A was uploaded by: jerometv
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Here’s a new preview for the Technology Will Save Us DIY Synth Kit:
The EMS Synthi is a unique suitcase modular synthesizer, introduced in 1971, that uses a pin matrix patching system. … Read More EMS Synthi Technical Overview
Technology Will Save Us has released their DIY Instrument Kit – a kit that comes with a custom designed circuit board and all of the components you need to make your own musical device. The DIY Instrument (formally the Lumiphone) takes about 1 hour to make, most of which is soldering. Once you have made your… Read More DIY Instrument Kit Lets You Build A Lumiphone
KIWI Technics has introduced the KIWI 106 – ‘The Ultimate Hardware Upgrade’ for the Roland Juno 106. Here’s what they have to say about the upgrade:
