Kitchen Items + Robotics + Arduino Control = The Percussion Kitchen

Reader Devin Curry teamed up with Ben Gullard to create the Percussion Kitchen, an electronic rhythm instrument based on kitchen items – along with robotics and Arduino control. The duo set out to create something whimsical and fun to play. They started with a variety of kitchen items, ranging from a cheese grater to tupperware. The created a… Read More Kitchen Items + Robotics + Arduino Control = The Percussion Kitchen

RB1robotto Puts A ‘Voltage Controlled Singer’ Into Eurorack Modular Synthesizers

Davide Mancini’s new company Soundmachines has introduced the RB1robotto – a voltage controlled ‘voice-oscillator’, built around the Babblebot chip and an Arduino microcontroller. Mancini describes RB1robotto as a ‘voltage controlled singer’, a source of pitched vowels and more. Here’s what Mancini has to say about the RB1robotto: You control the voice of the robotto with your well known CV… Read More RB1robotto Puts A ‘Voltage Controlled Singer’ Into Eurorack Modular Synthesizers

The Standuino Pi – A ‘Mysterious Drone Synth

The Standuino Pi is a ‘mysterious drone synth’, available in a limited edition of 50 units. Features: several oscillators, wavetables and synthesis types settings accessed by randomizers 4 presets patchable clock sequencer internal clock or MIDI clock divider MIDI input Here’s a video preview:

Part Human, Mostly Robot: Jazari Releases Debut EP

Free Music Friday: Patrick Flanagan, band leader of the mostly robot band Jazari, let us know that he’s released a new EP, The Human Element, that’s available as a free download. Flanagan leads and controls Jazari, but his ‘bandmates’ are electroacoustic music robots. According to Flanagan, The Human Element “synthesizes three years of research into the… Read More Part Human, Mostly Robot: Jazari Releases Debut EP