Vo-96 Acoustic Synthesizer Kickstarter Campaign Update
Tyler Ramsey (whom we’ve featured before, in this “Sunday Synth Jam” post) performs his compostion, Raven Shadow, on the Vo-96 Acoustic Synthesizer.
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OWL Programmable Effects Pedal Is Open Source + Open Hardware
The OWL is an open source, open hardware, reprogrammable effects pedal designed for musicians, coders, and hackers. With some coding and DSP knowledge, the OWL can become any kind of audio effect that you can imagine. Effects can be combined in any number of ways by chaining or switching between them. Key Features: For musicians:… Read More OWL Programmable Effects Pedal Is Open Source + Open Hardware
Antiquity Music WheelHarp Kickstarter
Antiquity Music has announced a Kickstarter project to fund development of the Wheelharp – a new electromechanical keyboard. Antiquity Music is seeking to raise $50,000 in order to launch the Wheelharp, a musical instrument that gives you the ability to bow a full chromatic set of real strings using a keyboard. The Wheelharp is designed… Read More Antiquity Music WheelHarp Kickstarter
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
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
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
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
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
