Synthesist and instrument designer Christophe Duquesne shared this video, capturing a composition for synthesizers & electronic music box.

The arrangement features:

• The Muro Box-N40 Standard, a MIDI-controllable music box;
• The Continuum synthesizer and Eagan Matrix module from Haken Audio; and
• An Expressive E Osmose synthesizer.

Duquesne is part of the team behind the development of the Haken Continuum and Eagan Matrix synth engine; the developer of several software synthesizers and effects; and the founder of La Voix du Luthier, a company that makes resonators for electronic music, in the tradition of the diffuseurs of French instrument designer Maurice Martenot.

He also contributed to the unique sound of the Hans Zimmer soundtrack for Dune: Part II.

Here’s what Duquesne shared about the technical details of this piece:

“The Muro Box-N40 s controlled via MIDI by a Korg SV1. The N40 is an enhanced version of the N20, the main additional feature being a chromatic scale and internal piezo microphone, both being huge improvements!

The voice is built from and analysis of the voice of Khatija Rahman and resynthesised by the Continuum. The pitch and shimmer effect on the Murobox are done by an Eagan Matrix Module. Both are done thanks to the new 10.40 features of the Eagan Matrix.

The murobox is recorded with 3 internal piezo and an IQ7 microphone. The piezo are connected to a small preamp (TubeMP from ART, but multiple others will work).

The output of the preamp goes to a Eurorack (in an Eagan Matrix Module). I then a processing chain with a notch filter cuting a frequency band aroud 280/300 Hz, and a noisegate in order to lower the motor noise. The Eagan Matrix module then adds shimmers and pitch effects.”