http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac3UrL9L4Jo Here’ something to be thankful for – laser harps! Nortec Collective is building a laser harp, from a design made by Stephen Hobley: Luis Vargas our technician guru is in charge of making this instrument work, the plan is to use it on our live presentations for controlling our synthesizer, Here is a preview, coming… Read More Laser Harp Gear Porn From Nortec Collective
A demo video for the Frontier Design Group AlphaTrack. AlphaTrack Specifications: Requirements: Windows XP (Service Pack 2 recommended) or Mac OS X (10.3.9+) operating system Computer Interface: powered full-speed USB 2.0 or USB 1.1 port (unpowered hub connection not recommended) User Interface: One 100mm touch-sensitive, motorized fader One 32-character backlit display Three touch-sensitive encoders, with push-button… Read More Frontier Design Group AlphaTrack Demo Video
This video demos processing an analog Jomox Xbase999 beat with the Jomox M-Resonator Analog Filter Machine. The M-Resonator has two analog resonant low pass filters interwoven into a feedback matrix that has an envelope section as well. This box is capable of a wide variety of tones- from subtle filter sweeps to extreme feedback,.
Lil Jon isn’t exactly my cup o’ tea – but you have to give this guy credit for the way he works the Open Labs MiKo.
Nice retro demo of Folktek’s beautiful touch-based synth interface, the Harmonic Field. The Harmonic Field is a collaborational work by Arius Blaze and Ben Houston. Aside from basic controls for pitch, volume and activation – it is all touch based. There are four panels of twelve points each that allow the user to play a… Read More Strange And Beautiful Electronic Musical Instrument
This is a video demo of the Use Audio Plugiator tabletop synth. The Plugiator is a hardware module for running software synths, and is available as a dedicated box or as a card for CME Keyboard Controllers.
This video catches trance artist Dali at the Psychodelic Progressive Trance concert, singing, soloing on the synths and adding a little percussive spice: The crowd doesn’t seem to notice anything unusual about Dali’s performance. Can you tell when she’s faking it?
This is off-topic, but Paul Devereux is an expert on the archaeoacoustics – megalithic acoustics & their possible applications. He’s written a book on Stone Age Soundtracks, the acoustic archaeology of ancient sites. The video is a little dry – but the information is deep and interesting – and seems to tie into some of the ideas that… Read More The Acoustics Of Stone Age Rocks
The finger BassLine (App Store link) is a musical instrument for the iPhone and the iPod Touch that’s heavily inspired by the legendary Roland TB-303. It turns your iPhone/iPod touch into a monophonic synthesizer with built-in pattern-based step sequencer, and it’s priced at a bite-sized $3.99. Bassline doesn’t accurately duplicate a 303’s look or sound – but… Read More New App Turns Your Phone Into A Virtual Roland TB303
Jimmy Hotz uses the Hotz Box to explore new musical frontiers of real-time performance. The Hotz Box was invented by Jimmy Hotz and first manufactured by Atari. More on Hotz Super Instruments at Hotz’ site.
