This is a demo of the Funx capacitor, a Glitchy analog synth designed by Zippy: It’s controlled by three mercury tilt-switches and of course, buttons-and-knobs. Fun to play! The sound changes as you rotate the thing. It’s brain is seven square-wave oscillators: three for the “notes,” three for the blinky lights, and one for the “tremolo”… Read More The Funx Capacitor Takes Noise Synthesis Back To The Future
http://www.vimeo.com/2245907 Motion Lifestyle released this video that promises to show you how to go go dance to electronic music. Description: Dancer Katie Krause walks you through everything you will need to become an excellent gogo dancer. Included in this dvd are lessons in Electronic, Hip-hop, and Latin dance as well as a section on dancing… Read More How To Go Go Dance To Electronic Music
Remember the iPhone Ocarina? I thought it was pretty cool, because it brought a range of expressiveness to iPhone instruments. Maybe I was wrong – in this video, goddesslynz plays Music of the Night from Phantom of the Opera on the iPhone Ocarina application…with her nose.
Korg Wavestation Vector Synthesizer “Sky Waves” was uploaded by: retrosound72
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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 video, via Create Digital Media, explores using Massive in Kore for hands-on control. It also takes a look at some creative signal routing and modulation possibilities in Massive. Feedback is something people primarily associate with rock, heaviness and sludge, but there’s something here for the meditator as well as the rockist. It’s a nice demo and… Read More Feedback, Routing and Modulation in Massive
This new video series, Visual Synthesis via GM, explores synthesis basics with graphics that help visualize the sound.
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.
A demo from BigCityMusic of King Capitol Punishment’s Utopia Synth.
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
