This is another demo video, via GM, showing off the TipTop Audio modules: Nothing fancy, just a voice made of three Z3000 is spilt into 2 and sent into 2 VCAs controlled by 2 EG’s. From there the signals goes for processing by two Z5000 and into the computer. Drums and the midi sequence are… Read More Z3000 / Z5000 Split Signal Patch
The construction and installation of the Highly Liquid MIDI2600 MIDI interface board into a fully functional Atari 2600. Features: Translates incoming MIDI notes to joystick or keypad control signals for any Atari 2600 console MIDI-controlled Select & Reset outputs Powered by game console—separate power supply not required User-selected MIDI input channel Power and activity LEDs… Read More Adding A MIDI Interface To An Atari 2600
This is a quick demo of a prototype of the Quad Multi-Mode Gates. Only the Doepfer monster case was used, everything is just blinking alluringly, attempting to distract you (worked on me!). Doepfer A-155 randomly sequencing a Livewire AFG sine, Doepfer A-147 square wave clocking Doepfer A-149-1/2, Doepfer A-149-2 random gates triggering QMMG CV triggers and… Read More Non-Specific Acid With A Prototype Make Noise QMMG
Jordan Rudess (Dreamtheater) demos the C-Thru Music AXiS-64 Pro MIDI Controller. Designer Peter Davies threw out preconceptions of what a music keyboard should be and designed a layout based on the Harmonic Table. According to C-Thru Music, the arrangement of notes helps you understand note relationships and create as you never have before.
This video, even though it over uses the “Bourne” effect, converted me to a believer in giant multi-touch interfaces. Spaces is an interactive multi-touch musical application. Designed as a minimalist interface to free musicians from traditional compositional markers such as frets and keys, the environment enables musicians to compose intuitively through immediate visual and sonic… Read More Gorgeous Multi-Touch Musical Instrument
This video, via GoMakeMusic.de, is a quick Demo of controlling Ableton Live with iPhone-Application TouchOSC. TouchOSC is an iPhone / iPod Touch application that lets you send and receive Open Sound Control messages over a Wi-Fi network using the UDP protocol.
DJ Tech Tools has put together a video to go along with its review of the new Korg Nano Controllers. There impressions mirrored mine: these are nice bite-sized purchases, but they shouldn’t be confused with serious gear. Of the three, the NanoPad is probably the most interesting.
This Reactable demo video sure looks pretty – but the functionality shown should be familiar to longtime Synthtopia readers. I have to ask the same thing I asked about using the iPhone as a Lemur – is this just eye candy? Reactable is a collaborative electronic musical instrument with a tangible interface based on a… Read More The Reactable – More Than Eye Candy?
Cassiel’s straker on monome and audiocubes: The monome is being driven by the straker sequencing network, which is built using shado. The sound manipulation comes courtesy of shard, an algorithmic sample slicing plugin that we’ve used on stage a few times, most recently for a Future of Sound gig at (re)Actor3 in Liverpool.
Noise Trio (App Store Link) is a free iPhone synthesizer from the maker of Noise.io Pro. It has three instruments with scale like KAOSSILATOR. First played is Rock Guitar with blues scale, then Arabic flute and Japanese Bells. It’s based on the Noise.io sound engine, but with limited features.
