Red Martian posted this demo video of the Syntar, an extremely rare keytar designed in the late 70s by George Mattson. “I wanted to post a simple piece first and then later go into much further detail about what the Syntar can do that most mono-synths cannot and why it blows all other ‘keytars’ away.” Mattson’s company,… Read More Is This The Best Keytar In The World?
This may be a bit Journey to the Mind’s Eye, but it’s an interesting abstract electronic music video. Music is Journeyman by Octogen, AKA Marco Bernardi. Video synthesized using VVVV and utilizing the superformula shader and a stack of bezier spreads. All synchronization was via midi.
si-no’s intro // 001 had me scratching my head, until I read the video’s description: The head of Dickson, over a salver, alike Holofernes or John the Baptist, mutate in less that one atosecond in a luminic fluctuating stream of information which is running very quick through the Thompson Chatodic’s tube. Slowly, it start to… Read More Cool Experimental Electronic Music Video Has Me Scratching My Head
This is a vintage experimental electronic music video, Intersticies, by Robert Edgar. Produced in 1973 at Synapse Video in Syracuse, NY. Material was shot on 16mm film, then transferred to video and electronically manipulated, finally kinoscoped back to 16mm film. For transfer to the web, the film was projected and captured using a Panasonic HVX200A… Read More Vintage Experimental Electronic Music Video
This experimental music video, Exponential Waves by Thorrific, was made with Synthetik Software’s Studio Artist and (mostly) MSG Evolver, running live video through custom-made Modular Synthesized Graphics patches. Music made with my Didgeridoo, Moog Rogue, MetaSynth, and treated Vibraphone.
Hall of Fragments is a very cool installation created for the entry to the 11th International Architecture Exhibition Out There: Architecture Beyond Building. Passage through the installation disengages visitors from the bricks and mortar of Venice and connects them to the alternative world of “Architecture Beyond Building”. The reactive environment combines ambient music and abstract visuals… Read More Cool Psychedelic Audiovisual Installation
This new video series, Visual Synthesis via GM, explores synthesis basics with graphics that help visualize the sound.
This performance video captures Presetsurfer (aka max Min from Fiago) performing live with Monome and WiiMote at the Styrian Stylez festival in in Graz, Austria. Check out the way he rocks the Monome and let me know what you think.
The Stribe is a DIY touch-strip interface with dual LED bargraph columns. The video shows it being used with an Arduino, Max/MSP and Reason. The kit sells for $79.99.
Keith McMillen’s K-Bow is a new sensor bow for stringed instruments. Combined with a standard violin, bass, cello, or viola the K-Bow allows traditional instrumentalists to access the unlimited sound world that a computer provides, while utilizing the virtuosity built from years of practice. The K-Bow gathers information about a performance through several sensors including… Read More K-Bow Turns Violins Into Electronic Music Controllers
