Earthquake Synthesizer, Tectonic, Makes Music With Ableton Live + Google Earth

Micah Frank’s Tectonic is a sound sculpture created in real time by earthquakes as they occur across the globe. A tightly integrated system between Max/MSP, Google Earth and Symbolic Sound’s Kyma processes earthquake data that are translated into sound synthesis parameters. A USGS XML feed is parsed into numerous fields including magnitude, elevation, time of… Read More Earthquake Synthesizer, Tectonic, Makes Music With Ableton Live + Google Earth

Alessandro Cortini’s SuONOIO Synthesizer Update

Alessandro Cortini and Scott Jaeger (The Harvestman) have collaborated to create a fully functional synthesizer called the SuONOIO. It’s available now for preorder at Cortini’s site and sells for $159.99. Here’s Cortini’s latest update: it’s ready for manufacturing. we are stoked. it looks, sounds,smells better than we expected. it’ll be a little late to ship out according to… Read More Alessandro Cortini’s SuONOIO Synthesizer Update