Keith McMillen On Kickstarting A Music Controller Revolution

Keith McMillen (right) has been exploring new ideas for electronic music instruments for nearly 35 years, starting in 1979 with his company Zeta Music and more recently with Keith McMillen Instruments. His most recent creations are the QuNeo and QuNexus controllers, both developed using a ‘crowdfunding’ approach. Synthtopia’s Elisabeth Lewin talked with McMillen about new instrument… Read More Keith McMillen On Kickstarting A Music Controller Revolution

May 2, 2013December 22, 201614 Comments

Devobots Combines Virtual Robots With A Devo Synthesizer

Developer Kit Robot & DEVO have announced a kickstarter project to create Devobots – a strange app that combines a software synthesizer with a virtual robot builder: DevoBots is a digital robot assembly kit and it is also a music synthesizer. The user can create millions of robots out of the box using DevoBot assets… Read More Devobots Combines Virtual Robots With A Devo Synthesizer

August 21, 2012August 22, 20127 Comments

SYNTHBOY+ Turns Nintendo GameBoy Into 8-Bit Sound Machine

Readers Chris Blarsky and Josh Felice sent word about their new project, Synthboy+, a dock that turns a vintage GameBoy into a MIDI synth. Here’s what they’ve got to say about the project: Dust off that first gen Gameboy as we have a very cool interface dock that converts the handheld gaming system into a state… Read More SYNTHBOY+ Turns Nintendo GameBoy Into 8-Bit Sound Machine

June 18, 2012June 18, 201216 Comments

gTar iPhone Guitar Has Three Levels Of Difficulty + USB/MIDI

Incident Technologies has introduced the gTar, a hybrid iPhone dock + music controller guitar that’s described as ‘the first guitar that anybody can play’. The gTar uses digital sensors to sense your finger position and then the iPhone is used for sound generation. The guitar offers three levels of difficulty/playability: If you’ve never played the… Read More gTar iPhone Guitar Has Three Levels Of Difficulty + USB/MIDI

May 22, 20123 Comments

New Nintendo Cartridge, Chip Maestro, Turns NES Into A MIDI Synthesizer

Developer Jarek Lupinski is working on a new NES cartridge, Chip Maestro, that turns a Nintendo Entertainment System into a MIDI synthesizer. Here’s what he has to say about Chip Maestro: The cartridge will accept a MIDI input from any instrument, and by passing the MIDI notes through the NES, the cartridge will make the NES… Read More New Nintendo Cartridge, Chip Maestro, Turns NES Into A MIDI Synthesizer

May 9, 2011May 9, 201140 Comments