Here are a couple of fun DIY synth projects by Michael Rucci: the Atari Paddle Synth, above, and the NES Advantage Synth. The Atari Paddle Synth is a square-wave generator with a pulsing effect, hand built into an Atari paddle controller. When you press the trigger it plays the pitch controlled by the large original knob.… Read More Atari, NES Synthesizers
ArcAttack’s Lightning Proof MIDI Guitar was uploaded by: AntonOlsen
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Smomid synth and drum controller was uploaded by: nicnut210
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Robert Mathy: Light Frequency Fingertips, Sound Instrument 2009 was uploaded by: MediaArtTube
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Never worry about the size of your knob again – with Combo Square‘s “Moognify” – a giant Moog knob style synth controller. Combo Square doesn’t have much to say about their monster knob – so you’ll have to do the talking.
This video captures Natacha Diels noodling on the Birl – a bizarre wooden electronic brass instrument. The Birl is a creation of Jeff Snyder, of Snyderphonics, makers of the unique Snyderphonics Manta controller. (See our earlier Snyderphonics posts.) The birl is an electromechancial oscillator – the sound is produced by the rotation of two stepper motors. In… Read More Jeff Snyder’s Birl – A Bizarre Wooden Electronic Brass Instrument
Nintendo Controller Synth was uploaded by: mike19822058
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iPad Music Software: Musix (App Store link) is a $4.99 app that turns an iPad into an isomorphic music controller. An isomorphic keyboard is a musical input device consisting of a two-dimensional array of note-controlling elements (such as buttons or keys) on which any given sequence and/or combination of musical intervals has the “same shape”… Read More $4.99 App Turns iPad Into An Isomorphic Hexagonal Keyboard Synthesizer
Researchers at Netherland’s University of Twente have have succeeded in constructing the first musical instrument with dimensions measured in mere micrometres – a ‘Micronium‘ – that produces audible tones: The tiny musical instrument is made up of springs that are only a tenth of the thickness of a human hair, and vary in length from… Read More The World’s Tiniest Synthesizer Plays ‘Popcorn’!
The DJ Hoodie is a wearable interface, that includes 4 channel zipper switch, fabric buttons with LED indicators and fabric pressure sensors. Two of these hoodies are connected with knitted stretch sensors on the hoods. The DJ Hoodies interface with a computer with Arduino, using Firmata library and Pduino. In the performance above, Mika Satomi &… Read More The DJ Hoodie – What You’ll Be Wearing If You DJ In Hell
