Hyve Touch Synthesizer Performance Options (Sneak Preview)
Creator Skot Wiedmann shared this new video that demonstrates performance options for his Hyve Touch Synthesizer – a 60-note polyphonic analog synthesizer with 3-axis touch control.
Category: Synthesizers
Elektron Discontinues ‘Crispy, Weird, and Gritty’ Machinedrum and Monomachine
Swedish music hardware company Elektron has announced the discontinuation of their digital drum machine/sampler Machinedrum and the digital synthesizer Monomachine.
‘Food, Glorious Food’, Happy Synth Pop Style
Sunday Synth Jam: Reader Miguel d’Oliveira shared this happy synth pop style performance of Food, Glorious Food, from the musical Oliver! The arrangement features the Stylophone S2, which he notes is ‘temperamental’.
Rancho Electro – “Salt Fires”
Sunday Synth Jam: Reader Mikael Jorgensen (Wilco) let us know about a new project, Rancho Electro. He invites friends to perform and record a song with him, in the mountains of Ojai, California. Here’s what Jorgensen has to say about the new project:
Secrets Of Synth Design: The Prototypes
Scottish synth designer Ken MacBeth shared these images that offer a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of a new synthesizer, the MacBeth Studio Systems M7-D. Look closely and you can see that this is a cardboard panel, which MacBeth uses to visualize his design and test its usability.
New Aphex Twin Cheetah EP Uses Digital Sound Generation & Wave Sequencing Technology
It looks like something new from Aphex Twin (Richard D. James) is incoming. Several record stores have reported receiving the above flyer for the Cheetah EP. Here’s the text:
After 40 Years, You Can Hear Daphne Oram’s Lost Mini-Oramics Synthesizer
In the 1960’s, electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram, above, the first Director of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, created a unique synthesizer, the Oramics Machine. The Oramics Machine was a huge device, which moved film strips past a series of photo-electric cells. The Machine translated the graphics drawn on the film into control voltages that modulated the amplitude, timbre, frequency and duration… Read More After 40 Years, You Can Hear Daphne Oram’s Lost Mini-Oramics Synthesizer
Make Noise 0-Coast Synthesizer Hands-On Demo
At Moogfest 2016, Make Noise was showing their upcoming 0-Coast synthesizer, an all-in-one monophonic synth that combines elements of so-called ‘East Coast’ and ‘West Coast’ synthesis approaches.
Modular Synthesizer + Roland Juno Live Jam
Sunday Synth Jam: This video, via Jasper, captures a live synth jam for modular synth & Roland Juno 60. Here’s what Jasper has to say about the performance:
Hardware Synth Jam Played Live
Sunday Synth Jam: This video, via Kaiboard, captures a hardware synth jam, with lots of old school synth music vibes.
