Gijs Gieskes’ image scanning sequencer scans images and plays the image as MIDI notes: It uses LDRs to measure the gray-scale of specific point of a image, and triggers midi notes from a selected threshold. When the threshold is reached the velocity will be set by the darkness at that point. the darker point the… Read More Steampunk Music Sequencer
Nervous Squirrel‘s circuit bent mechanical Furby sequencer linked to a Korg SQ-10. One of a new batch of four Furby Gurdies. This model allows you to program your own rhythms by rearranging screws inserted into the four wheels. There is also a ‘trigger out’ socket, which has been used in the last section of the… Read More Circuit Bent Mechanical Furby Sequencer
Steinberg has announced the shipping of Sequel 2, a new version of Steinberg’s basic music creation/live performance software. The new features include: Controller Learn Mode, which allows easy setup for almost any hardware controller to offer tactile control over Sequel 2. Track Freeze enhances CPU efficiency Track Icons visually label tracks, making them easy to… Read More Steinberg Ships Sequel 2, The Sequencer Strikes Back
Because it was there: the Web-based music sequencer. via Aaron Rutledge
EM’s Geary Yelton has an interesting review of the Tenori-On. Their take: You could easily argue that the Tenori-on is not suitable for professional music production. It has no filters, LFOs, envelope generators, nor any of the user-programmable parameters you’d expect in a real synthesizer. It has only one oscillator per voice, and it provides… Read More Tenori-On Review
DIY kit maker CuriousInventor has introduced a new music sequencer kit, called the Voice of Saturn, that looks like an inexpensive way to get into analog sequencing. This is a 10 step analog sequencer, which basically steps through 10 different voltage levels that are set by the black knobs. The output control voltage and trigger… Read More The Voice Of Saturn DIY Music Sequencer
Acon Digital Media has released LoopWorx, a new Windows software application for music production. LoopWorx looks strangely familiar to me. Remind you of anything?
genoQs Machines has announced NEMO, a new MIDI sequencer based on technology from their Octopus sequencer. Features: Unique, high-end design Octopus technology at heart Portable format 16 concurrent tracks Intuitive, realtime everything Pricing is set at 1399 Euros, with availability in July. The site promises more details to come.
Remember the steampunk music sequencer? Here’s something even more lo-fi. The Bubblegum Sequencer is a physical step sequencer that lets you create drumloops by arranging colored balls on a tangible surface. It generates MIDI events and can be used as an input device to control audio hardware and software. The Bubblegum Sequencer senses the position… Read More The Bubblegum Sequencer
PhD student and cybernetics guru Peter Bennet has created a new tangible interface, Beat Bearing, which is a sort of steampunk-style music sequencer. Creatively, Bennet uses ball bearings on washer as a way of completing a circuit to make a switch. Sequences are created by moving ball bearings from the tray to one of the… Read More Steampunk Music Sequencer
