Roland AX Synth

This video, via SOS, captures a Winter NAMM Show demo for the Roland AX Synth “shoulder synthesizer”, which is pretty killer, as “shoulder synthesizers” go. Roland seems to be very careful about avoiding the “keytar” moniker, though. Any guesses why?

Six synthPond Compositions

This is a quick demo of six synthPond compositions by Oliver Chesler: My favorite music application for the iPhone is called synthPond. Above is a video of six compositions I created using synthPond. Using “effector nodes” and “reactor nodes” that can orbit around each other while changing pitch you can create some wonderful sequences.  

The Auduino Synthesizer

Peter Knight from the Tinker.it crew demonstrating the Auduino. The Auduino is a sound synthesiser based on the Arduino platform. It uses granular synthesis techniques to generate a distinctive filter-sweep sound. Sound is generated by playing the same noise (‘grain’) repeatedly at very high speed. This merges into a tone that is an audible hybrid… Read More The Auduino Synthesizer