Ouroboros Alea Taction • Semi-Modular Analog Touch Synthesizer

video upload by Ouroboros Electronics

Pre-order at Nightlife Electronics. US distribution coming soon.

"Alea Taction is a new iteration of the classic Alea with the addition touch plates as well as a new aesthetic and enclosure. The touch plates open up another another dimension of gestural control and influence which the user has over the instrument - providing more potential for variation and playability within a patch, and a deeper, closer connection and involvement with the instrument. The touch plates can be patched to control the dynamics of each voice, bend and affect the pitch of the oscillators, affect the cross-modulate the voices, modulate the waveshapers of each voice, affect the shift-register, and so on, in any configuration you’d like to patch. The touch plates are equally useful for manually playing drones using only the touch plates as they are for adding dynamics and variation into a rhythmic techno patch. The touch plates do not function as a traditional keyboard controller or traditionally drum pad, but instead as a way to introduce organic and gestural interactions through variable control voltage to influence the overall ecosystem of the Alea. Now available.

Description:

Alea Taction is a two voice semi-modular analog synthesizer with sine wave oscillators, waveshapers, low pass gates, LFOs, a stochastic shift register-based sequencer, and three touch plates for gestural influence. These elements work together as a standalone patchable instrument that is capable of everything from generative melodies and morphing drones to psychoacoustic percussion, silky sub basslines, esoteric techno, tactile improvisations and much more. Sonically, the Alea is dark, smooth, warm, and natural sounding. The sine wave oscillators have CV and FM inputs paired with attenuators for each input as well as a two different voltage controllable waveshapers per oscillator which affect the timbre of the oscillators - one type of waveshaper which adds subtle harmonics to shape the sine into a soft triangle wave, and the other waveshaper folds and shapes the phase of the sine. The oscillators also have sine outputs for modulating each other, as well as a vactrol-based vca which is hardwired as a bi-directional modulation index that can be opened via cv or gate signals for timbral cross-modulation between the two oscillators. The oscillators can be used as completely separate voices, or together with one voice acting as a primary oscillator and the other as a modulation oscillator. The two voices also have individual outputs. Each voice has a vactrol low pass gate with two inputs per LPG - one regular gate input which will provide sustain for the duration of the gate or cv signal, and one input which coverts the gate to a trigger for faster percussive sounds with no sustain and only decay. The LPGs can also be patched so that they are held open to create drones, or patched for amplitude modulation via one of the oscillators or modulation sources. The LPGs can also be help open and dynamically controlled by the touch plates via the LPG gate input. The three gold-plated touch plates of the Alea generate variable control voltage signals which can be patched to control various aspects of the system such as the amplitude, pitch, modulation, and cross-modulation of the voices as well as the the pattern and tempo of the shift register. The touch plates do not function as a traditional keyboard controller or traditional touch controller, but instead as a way to introduce organic and gestural interactions to influence the ecosystem of the Alea. The amount of control voltage which is produced as they are touched depends on factors such as the amount of skin that contacts the plate, the amount of pressure used, the as well as factors such as the temperature of your fingers, etc. Because of a build up of body heat and perspiration, the more you touch the plates, the more responsive they become. The Alea has two LFOs - a LFO with triangle and square wave outputs as well as a VCLFO with a triangle output. The Alea's sequencer is based around a four-stage shift register which is clocked by the VCLFO and collects data from one of the oscillators for probabilistic pattern generation. The shift register can also be clocked from external clock signals from other instruments. The shift register cycles through it's four stages as it collects on/off data on each clock pulse and creates different arrays of outcomes as it cycles. Once the Alea has been patched and knobs have been set - the shift register will continue to cycle through patterns and generate different numeric combinations of it's stages in unity or in abscense like a roll of the dice or a song of the birds.

Each Alea Taction includes a 18v center negatice DC power adapter.
The Alea Taction is housed in a 15” x 9’ x 2” bamboo boat with a matte PCB front panel.
Patch cables and output cables not included."

Gestural Music Sequencer

Gestural Music Sequencer from Unearthed Music on Vimeo.

"Josh Clos produced this documentary short about the Gestural Music Sequencer or GMS."

prior posts featuring the term gestural

Twisted Tools release ULTRALOOP Remixing Sampler

Note the above playlist is from Twisted Tools. Video 10 was set to private a the time of this post. You can use the controls at the bottom of the player to skip it.

"New loop remixing sampler, instantly generates infinite new loops

San Francsico, January 14th, 2014 - Twisted Tools have released ULTRALOOP, a first-of-its-kind loop remixing sampler with a fast and intuitive visual workflow for Native Instruments *Reaktor. ULTRALOOP combines advanced loop layering, comping, effect processing and automation techniques to generate new grooves, riffs and song ideas. You can use ULTRALOOP with the included factory sample library or to remix your own samples, injecting new life into any existing loop library. ULTRALOOP is available now from the Twisted Tools Shop for $69.

At the core of ULTRALOOP is an advanced loop layering engine and sequencer, capable of both layering and comping - a production technique that allows you to flip between layered tracks that are playing back simultaneously, by muting and un-muting slices of each layer. Up to eight tracks with loops of any BPM can be layered or comped together in real-time and can be further processed using the all-new Gestural FX engine. The Gestural FX engine automatically generates dynamic effect movements that ramp and modulate over time, using a suite of creative effects designed to produce endless fills, articulations and variations.

To create additional loops and variations, ULTRALOOP features and endless supply of randomization functions, connected to a unique Preset Grid system for each main parameter group. A Preset Grid allows you to store, recall and automate settings by using a dynamic memory grid made up of 17 slots that can be played on-the-fly. The settings for the entire instrument, including all the parameter Preset Grids can be stored and recalled in one of eight Global Scenes, allowing you to create infinite loop variations. All the relevant instrument features can be played with live, without skipping a beat, by using a mouse, MIDI or OSC.

ULTRALOOP comes bundled with various additional content, including an iPad *Lemur template by Antonio Blanca and a factory loop library by artists from Enig’matik, Loopmasters and Sounds of Revolution. A series of Ultraloop Expansion Packs are available separately and feature loops and presets by artists such as Si Begg, Dusty Fungus and Chris Carter.

*Reaktor Player not supported.

**iPad and Liine Lemur iPad App sold separately

Pricing and availability

ULTRALOOP is available from the Twisted Tools Shop for $69

Additional Expansion Loop Packs can be purchased for $19/each

Further product information and press material

http://twistedtools.com/shop/reaktor/ultraloop

Loop Expansions

http://twistedtools.com/shop/loops

Features

Loop Remixing Sampler.
Advanced layered sampler engine with intuitive interface.
Visual loop compositing.
Generative Gestural FX to create fills, articulations and variations.
FX Sequencer
Specialized track sequencer with mono and poly draw modes.
Layered playback and editing of up to eight tracks simultaneously.
Independent controls per layer, organized into parameter cells with sliders.
Automatable Preset Grids per parameter group, with 17 memory slots each
8 Global Scenes per snapshot
Preset Grids and Scenes are playable via mouse, MIDI or OSC.
Extensive randomization options.
Time and pitch stretching to allow loops with different BPMs.
Flexible multi-output routing per layer.
Master Punch control
Swing
Control nearly every parameter with included iPad Lemur OSC Template by Antonio Blanca
3+ banks of presets
2224 Sound Variations
Over 800mb of included factory sample content by from Enig'matik Records, Loopmasters and Sounds of Revolution.
Optional Expansion Packs by cutting edge artists such as Dusty Fungus, Chris Carter and Si Begg


Sample content and sound design by

Antonio Blanca, Apparition, Chris Komus, Dusty Fungus, Fine Cut Bodies, Flint Kids, Josh Hinden, Ion Driver, Itsu, Kilowatts, Loopmasters, Oliver Schmitt, Sounds of Revolution, Sonictwist, Sun in Aquarius and Whitebear"

Pencil Fields - analog gestural interface controlling Bugbrand Modular

YouTube Uploaded by otoskope on May 9, 2011

"This is a live performance by Palle Dahlstedt on a custom built instrument, using a simple pencil drawing as a gestural interface for controlling complex analog synthesis (on a Bugbrand Modular). The instrument works by creating a voltage potential field in the graphite/pencil markings on the paper using custom movable electrodes made from coins. Then, various control voltages are extracted from other points on the paper, controlling various aspects of the synthesized sound.

A big thanks to Tom Bugs for very valuable electronics advice!

The sound is recorded directly from the BugBrand Modular (with a slight reverb), and from contact mics on the pencil sharpener. There is no normal microphone, which explains the slightly awkward silence in the beginning, while I'm drawing.

Recorded at the second performance (of two), May 6th, 2011, Gothenburg, Sweden. Concert arranged by Levande Musik (www.levandemusik.org)

This work is part of the research project Creative Performance at University of Gothenburg, funded by the Swedish Research Council."

PAiA Theremax Theremin w/Lecturn Case - Synthesizer CV Gestural Control

Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.

via this auction

"I built this kit about 10 years ago and just went back through it and cleaned the pots, checked the solder joints, re-tuned/aligned it, and it is working perfectly and sounding as good as ever.

Antennas can be removed for transport. In excellent physical condition. Missing the volume knob, but these are fairly common knobs. The antennas had developed a nice patina on them until I scotch brighted them off. I was worried the patina would take away from the sensitivity and it didn't. The patina will come back over time.

What sets this apart as a gestural controller is it's Velocity Control Voltage (proportional to how fast you increase the Volume) and Gate/Trigger outputs. A convenient foot switch input allows muting the internal tone source without disabling the CVs.

Here is what is included:

Carefully assembled PAiA Theremax Kit (9505K)
Decently stained PAiA Lectern Case (9505C)
Original manual, power adapter, schematic, service manual w/supplements, and PAiA catalogs..."

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Breawtin

Published on Sep 8, 2017 Peter B

"About the new Deerhorn Organ, with intersections:
http://www.synthmall.com/ciat-lonbard..."

You can find previous posts on the Deerhorn here.

via synthmall.com/ciat-lonbarde

"The design of the Deerhorn circuit has evolved much since it was first created to answer Clara Rockmore's original complaint with the Theremin: "Can there be more than one pitch?". Lev Theremin responded that one would need more than two arms, but the Deerhorn makes this possible by extracting gestural information from the radio fields and using it to control pitch and envelope. The current unit contains three of these antenna-synthesizer modules, and adds two extra, highly useful modules known as intersections.

An intersection module simply samples one deerhorn's antenna voltage at impulses provided by another module. It is a sample and hold, triggered by changes in gestural direction. Since there are three modules, there are six permutations, doubled because each module reports changes in both directions; there are twelve new outputs, plus four special ones that sample in random steps. Each deerhorn module emits a different light— red, orange, and yellow— which also color-codes the intersection bananas to show which module is being sampled.

The Deerhorn modules are color coded. An [orange banana] reports its primary product: a control voltage representing the hand's distance from antenna. The impulses utilized in intersections, are also available as [red bananas]. These are like two complimentary square waves that flip when the hand changes direction.

The base tone of deerhorn is a simple two tone straight bellow. That's as your hand moves in towards the antenna and back out again. You must always tune the response first, so that the two leds cross each other at a comfortable range from the antenna. Fine tuning is done with the top knob.

The bottom cluster of controls deal with the synthesizer frequencies. The bottom knob sets the base pitch of both oscillators. The next two knobs are associated with the [purple bananas]: they are FM tuning knobs. The switch on the stub of the deerhorn orients the stereo position of the oscillators. In middle position, it turns them off (for the stereo auxiliary inputs). The white bananas output the same stereo sound which is output the main output, but in single tracks so it can be used as separate modulation sources..."

Vectorspace for Reaktor

Published on May 30, 2015 Peter Dines

"Vectorspace is a gestural sequenced sampler for Reaktor. Get it at http://reaktortips.com/2015/05/vector..."

"Vectorspace is a CPU friendly sample based ensemble for Reaktor whose sound at any given time is a superposition of gestural sequencers and effects. It also includes a sequeggiator – a probabilistic sequenced arpeggiator – that plays staggered chords as polyphonic sequences, creating a constantly evolving blend of rhythm and harmony.

It can also be played as a more traditional sampler, a soundscape creator or as a physically modelled synth using the sampled material as an exciter and the resonator effect as a body. The resonator is polyphonic and responsive to note and chord changes. Its partials can be tuned, damped and skewed to create bell, percussion and drum sounds, or abstract reverberations.

The sample position, sample length, grain spacing and envelope parameters can all be automated, as can the resonator, growl, filter and delay effects. Each XY fader can run in smooth or quantized mode, and quantized mode allows you to set individual clock speeds and sequence lengths for the X and Y axes of each automated fader. Quantized mode also gives you the opportunity to edit and fine tune the level of each step in a fader’s X and Y sequences. This makes it easy to create gated rhythmic filter effects or gradual changes. Sample position and automated fader controls can be controlled by MIDI (see mappings on panel B) or OSC.

It is impossible to predict precisely what sounds will be produced when you have various effects activated with different sequence lengths on different parameters. But at the same time, the gestures and sequence settings are under your control, so the end result will be a blend of your intent and the superposition of the cycling sequences. Think of it as an “inspire-o-graph” for sound, a machine collaborator to bounce back your ideas transformed. What it’s not good for: wobble basses, control freaks, type “A” personalities. Loosen up!

Vectorspace also features a compressor to even out the sound, and a microtuning macro that allows you to define any equal tempered tuning in either cents or Hz. Set a 5 or 7 tone scale for an easy exotic sound with no wrong notes or choose a 17 note octave division as the basis for an Eastern tuning."

Gestural Control of Modular Synthesizer via Kinect

Published on Mar 2, 2013

"Custom software enables gestural control using Kinect and PC. Hand movements in the X and Y axes are translated into MIDI signals which generate control voltages, allowing 2 dimensional morphing of waveforms in a "Morphing Terrarium" module, processed through modular moog. Recorded in the superterranian lair of the Robotmakers."

Multi-Laser Gestural Interface

YouTube via deadwaiter

"A short demonstration of the MLGI (Multi- Laser Gestural Interface) designed by Meason Wiley at California Institute of the Arts. For more information about this open-source + modular controller, please visit http://www.cyclespersecond.net/projec..."

Ouroboros Lumen Spatial Voices • Gestural Synthesizer Demo

Ouroboros Electronics

"Lumen Spatial Voices:
The third instrument the Lumen series of one-off gestural synthesizers.
This one is the most complex of the three - consisting of two individual triangle wave oscillators which are panned hard left and hard right in the stereo field while in their default states. The knobs adjust the base frequencies of the oscillators, and the sensors control the rate at which they are gated and step through individual two-tone intervals. The three switches cross-modulate and affect the two voices in different ways via frequency modulation, timbre modulation, and overdrive while also drastically changing their relative positions in the stereo field. Percussive transients, stepped tones, stereo ripples, and complex modulation from chaotic and noisey to soft and subtle. A compact and expressive instrument for performance techniques and experimental sonics in the vein of west coast synthesis. A demo video is now up on Youtube. It is powered by a 9v battery, and the enclosure is made from Purpleheart and finished in boiled linseed oil with a powder coated steel bottom piece. This instrument is now available for $200 + $15 shipping within the US. To order: email ouroboros.electronics.us@gmail.com"

Akai iMPC Pro for iPad Now Available

iTunes: iMPC Pro - Akai Professional

Check out the iMPC Pro Log tutorial videos here.

The Press Release:

"iMPC Pro Takes Portable Music Production To New Heights

Akai Professional’s flagship iPad app is now available for download.

Cumberland, RI, USA – July 8, 2014. Akai Professional (akaipro.com), innovator of audio sampling technology for music production and performance, announces the availability of the iMPC Pro app for iPad. Featuring 64 tracks of intuitive music production capability, iMPC Pro is the most powerful way to create music on the iPad.

Developed in concert with Retronyms, a leading iOS app developer, iMPC Pro fuses the acclaimed workflow of a hardware MPC (Music Production Center) with cutting edge tools for composing, editing and mixing music. Extending the beat-production prowess of the original iMPC app, the all-new iMPC Pro app includes over 30 in-demand features to empower the creative process from conceptualization to finishing touch.

Highlights:
● Compose, edit and mix professional-grade audio productions on your iPad
● 64 tracks of multi-track music creation, mixing and automation
● All-new multi-touch interface for the editing, slicing and auditioning of samples
● Inter-App Audio support provides flexible sampling, effects and audio routing
● Sample from your iTunes library, Inter-App Audio, the iPad mic and more
● Timeline View provides powerful gesture control of sequences and events
● Intuitive Precision Knobs and Faders deliver exacting command of mix controls
● Flux Mode for real-time or automated manipulation of tracks
● Classic MPC Swing, Note Repeat, 16 Levels and pad workflow
● Extensive sound library featuring 1,400+ samples from Richard Devine
● Works seamlessly with MPC Element pad controller via iPad Camera Connection kit
● 3D-performance mode for tweaking effects, Note Repeat and more
● Directly upload your tracks to SoundCloud, Twitter, your computer and more
● All-new effects suite including Turbo Duck side-chain compressor and Boom Room
reverb

“iMPC Pro pushes the boundaries of portable music production for the creative set,” notes Akai Professional Product Manager Dan Gill. “The reliability and processing speed of the iPad are a great foundation for crafting tracks on-the-go. When fused with the bleeding-edge workflow and innovative audio features of iMPC Pro, you uncage new ideas never before imagined.”

iMPC Pro is available for download on the App Store at a special, limited-time introductory price of $12.99 USD, with a regular price of $19.99 USD. For more information, visit: akaipro.com/mpc."

Full Details via iTunes: iMPC Pro - Akai Professional

"***Special Deal Pricing***
For a limited time, iMPC Pro is $12.99 (normally $19.99) — the price of original iMPC off. Thanks to everyone for supporting and creating with iMPC!

Developed in partnership with Retronyms — www.retronyms.com

iMPC Pro is a 64-track music production powerhouse for your iPad. With built-in sampling functionality, a massive sound library, effects, and over 30 performance-driven features, iMPC Pro brings the functionality of Akai Professional's coveted Music Production Center to your iPad. Developed in partnership with Retronyms, the developers of the original iMPC, iMPC Pro comes with high end tools for intuitive beat creation whenever inspiration strikes. It combines multiple sampling methods, producer-tested MPC features, a custom sample library from Richard Devine, and an intuitive gestural editor for the most powerful, creative and fun iPad music production experience yet.

*Creating sample-based music on your iPad with renowned MPC functionality
*Sample audio from the iPad microphone, your own tracks using resampling, other apps using Inter App Audio, or your music library
*64 tracks for flexible multi-track music production including gain fader, 3-band EQ, mute, solo, panning and FX sends on each track
*All-new chop-shop provides intuitive multi-touch editing, trimming, auditioning, splicing, splicing and processing samples
*All-new Timeline View opens a multi-touch gestural editor for sequencing, recording, and editing
*All-new Flux mode lets you warp and glitch your beats in real-time or with automation
*All-new Precision Knobs and Faders expand on command for precisely dialing in parameters
*Drag n' Drop your samples for simplified program/kit assembly
*All-new 3D-performance mode lets your perform with your iPad's accelerometer
*All-new Turbo Duck effect fattens up your tracks with sidechain compression
*Exclusive sound library featuring 1,400+ samples from sound designer Richard Devine with hundreds of Akai Pro exclusive samples
*Improved sampling workflow with re-sampling and sample library organization
*16 Levels mode with attack, velocity, length, and tuning settings for quickly creating variations of your sounds
*Note Variation slider lets you adjust attack, velocity, length, and tuning as you play

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New Waldorf 2 Pole Filter & Moog Theremini

via Create Digital Music

"Waldorf’s mystery knob is the filter control from a big filter in a box.
That’s right, Waldorf is introducing a 2-pole filter. And one heck of a 2-pole filter it is:
Filter with cutoff and resonance, but also a Drive setting, Rectify, and switchable between low-pass, band-pass, and high-pass
LFO with Depth and Speed
LFO set to Fast, Slow, and (hilariously) Gemütlich (kinda hard to translate, actually easy-going and slower than slow)
Envelope controls: Attack/Decay/Hold, threshold, a source (hard to tell what that does), and trigger.
And it takes CV for envelope, cutoff, and gate, with jack plugs for input and output."

"Then there’s Moog, who are introducing, as rumored, a new Theremin. And this isn’t just any Theremin: it’s a Theremin that can assist you in keeping things in tune, all whilst looking like a space-age egg from Woody Allen’s Sleeper.
It’s a Theremin with presets. Crazy presets.
It’s a digital instrument with Theremin-style controls. (Readers who speculated, you guessed right.) It’ll upset purists, perhaps, but this is rather cool: it’s based on the unique-sounding Animoog sound engine.
The synth is digital, but the input is analog: classic heterodyning style, then digitized as control signal for the engine. Onboard MIDI, CV output (presumably pre-digitization, in fact), and USB. But that engine gives you more different ways to play.
Yes, there’s a display, scale and root controls, a Presets knob, plus built-in delay. There’s a built-in speaker and headphone jack, as well, for convenience.
Price: US$299 estimated is what we heard on the floor..."

Full post with additional details at CDM here.

Update Image & details via Moog Music, also via radiate sky in the comments:

"The Theremini is a re-imagination of one of the oldest electronic musical instrument in history, and Bob Moog’s first love – the theremin. Its design fuses the experience of performing with an instrument you don’t actually touch, with a powerful sound engine derived from Moog’s award winning synthesizer, Animoog. The Theremini guarantees immediate success to any player at any skill level, while providing new ways to experiment with music, education, and gestural control.

Assistive pitch correction allows each player to adjust the instruments level of playing difficulty. At the maximum position, the Theremini will play every note in a selected scale perfectly, making it impossible to play a wrong note. As this control is decreased, more expressive control of pitch becomes possible. When set to minimum, the Theremini will perform as a traditional theremin with analog heterodyning oscillator and absolutely no pitch assistance.

A built in tuner supplies real-time visual feedback of each note as it is played, as well as its proximity to perfection. This is useful for correcting a users playing position, or to educate younger players about pitch and scales.

The presets section allows you to select from 32 wave or wavetable-based patches, store a selected scale & root note, set and recall a specified playing range, and specify per-patch settings for the included stereo delay.

Recessed in the top of the Theremini is a compact speaker perfect for private rehearsal and quick setup anywhere. Silent rehearsal is also possible via front panel headphone jack. Simply plug in ear-buds or headphones and the built in speaker becomes silent.

For live performance and gestural control, the rear panel features two line level audio outputs, a pitch CV output with selectable range, and a mini USB jack for MIDI I/O and connectivity.

FEATURES

• Pitch correction w/ selectable scales and root note

• Built in tuner allows you to learn pitch and scales

• 32 Wavetable based presets

• Built in speaker

• Headphone output

• Two 1/4" audio outputs

• Single Pitch CV output w/ selectable range

• User selectable scale and root note (stored per preset)

• User selectable range: highest note and lowest note (stored per preset)

• Adjustable Stereo Ping-Pong Delay

• Removable pitch antenna - built in storage compartment on bottom-side

• Built in 3/8” Mic stand and Camera stand adaptor

• High quality rubberized feet

FRONT PANEL

LCD SCREEN: 128 X 64 pixel LCD with white backlight.

HEADPHONE JACK: 1/8” (3.5mm) TRS headphone jack. Inserting a headphone plug will disable the internal speaker

VOLUME KNOB: Controls headphone volume and built in speaker volume.

PITCH BIAS KNOB: Determines the amount of pitch correction from 0% to 100%

SCALE BUTTON: Select from a list of built in scales

ROOT BUTTON: Select the root note to be used by the scale

SETUP BUTTON: Provides access the setup and calibration functions - also acts as a shift key.

DELAY LENGTH BUTTON: Selects the length of delay: SHORT, MEDIUM, LONG, or OFF

DELAY AMOUNT KNOB: Controls the amount of delay mixed with the dry signal.

PRESET KNOB: Selects the preset played from a built in list of 32 presets

REAR PANEL

LEFT OUTPUT: Line Level ¼” unbalanced TS

RIGHT OUTPUT:Line Level ¼” unbalanced TS

CV OUTPUT: ¼” TS – 0-5V or 0-10V selectable

USB: MiniB USB2.0 High Speed for USB MIDI

KENSINGTON LOCK SLOT

POWER SWITCH: Push ON / Push OFF

POWER JACK: 12VDC/1.2A from 100–240VAC external supply(included)

DIMENSIONS:22.75”L x 6.5”D x 15”H w/antenna (4”H without)

WEIGHT: 3lbs"

Udpate2: NAMM floor video:

Guitar Center New from NAMM - Moog Theremini

Published on Jan 23, 2014 Guitar Center·1,139 videos

"Moog makes some wild sounds with their new take on the Theremin, the Theremini, at the 2014 NAMM Show.
For more New from NAMM products, visit http://bit.ly/1d05EW3"

WiGi/Buchla Lightning Demo

Vimeo by richard scott

"sooo, here is the first stable prototype of the WIGI (Wireless Gestural Instrument) instrument I have been working on at STEIM for what seems like forever. Its a Buchla Lighting with heavily modified hardware and software. Software is STEIMs JunXion and LiSa."

Richard Scott - More Wigi Fun

"WiGI = Wireless Gestural Instrument = Buchla Lighting modified at STEIM"

Richard Scott and Rebekka Uhlig Live in Berlin

"our first meeting, recorded at the Interaktion Festival of Improvised Music December 2009"

Nebulæ

Nebulæ from joseph fraioli on Vimeo.

"a patch utilizing the qu-bit electronix nebulæ to create evolving tonal drones which form a basis for patterns and gestural events.

sound source basics:
tonal drone: qu-bit electronix nebulæ > synthesis technology e580 - tape delay mode
kick: tip top audio BD808 > make noise echophon
tonal wood hit: hertz donut MKII > make noise optomix
hi hat: Synth tech 3350 > make noise math v2
intermittent gestural fx: intellijel/cyclonix shapeshifter > tiptop ZDSP
reverb: eventide H8000fw"

via Joseph Fraioli on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Kinektron K-DSC-1 Digital Synth + Sequencer Cubes

"The K-DSC-1 Digital Synth + Sequencer is a self-contained music production machine with unique physical gestural parameter manipulation, a ‘cool lo-fi’ yet feature rich approach, and an interaction\pattern sequencing methodology developed by musicians, engineers, and designers with decades of collective experience performing and recording with sequencing synthesis devices.

While the K-DSC-1 has a familiar sound source, the General MIDI sound set, it is utilized in a new way – providing a ‘simple yet refined’ toolset and sonic results that are valued in the modern genre-bending music performance and production world. Stellar when paired with ‘stomp box’ delay, loop or distortion effects, the K-DSC-1 allows musicians to quickly work up exciting musical sequences with up to 8 parts, chosen from over 128 sounds including an entire drum kit.

The Kinektron Synth Cube System

The Kinektron Cube Synth System is a compact, portable, ‘semi-pro’ music production and sound experimentation kit. In addition to the K-DSC-1 described here, Kinektron will be introducing additional modules on a regular basis – with several currently in development. Upcoming modules include the K-ASC-1 Analog Synth Cube, the K-APM-1 Analog Percussion Module, the K-DSP-1 Digital Signal Processor, and a MIDI interface\audio mixer cube, the K-MAMC-1 MIDI & Audio Mixer Cube. The K-MAMC-1 will allow syncing of Kinektron Synth Cubes with standard MIDI equipment.

K-Konnect ‘Open Protocol’ Interface

At Kinektron, we believe strongly in transparent and open practices as much as possible. For this reason we have developed an Open Protocol, K-Konnect, which is based upon an industry standard device communication protocol. With auto-negotiation, bi-directional, master-less communication, and other great features, this protocol is what connects the various cubes together. We will be providing example code to allow Arduino, Parallax Propeller, and similar micro-devices to interface and communicate with K-Konnect devices.

Product Features

Self-Contained general MIDI synthesizer engine and 16-step step sequencer
Similar in programming workflow to classic step sequencer based equipment such as x0x boxes and similar analog or early digital step sequencers
Well integrated gestural controls enabled by built in accelerometer
Unique, Infrared programmability - program your K-DSK-1 from any web enabled computer or mobile device which supports java and a minimum refresh rate*
8 Patterns at a time
32 Voice Polyphony
Pattern Save\Recall
Several Programmable Parameters for each step
MIDI sync and other MIDI features will be available via
Expandable via future cubes
No menu items deeper than 2 button presses.
Easy color-coded interface is intuitive to learn with little study
Web based pattern sharing and creation with our unique 'light based' pattern programming protocol, K-IRP.
Hidden game will become playable as more modules are collected (and firmware updates are distributed)"

http://www.kinektron.com/products/kinektron-synth-cubes/

Creating Gestural Sound Effects with the Intellijel Planar Module

Creating Gestural Sound Effects with the Intellijel Planar Module from Richard Devine on Vimeo.

"I setup this patch to work on a sound design project for a client, which needed unique transformer like power ups and electrical like swooshes. I borrowed the patch idea from another fellow sound designer friend Joseph Fraioli who came up with the original patch. I then took that and further added and tweaked a few things to adapt it to this project. The planar X/Y CV out is controlling the pitch of three different sound sources, intellijel cyclebox, and two intellijel Dixies. There is also multiple outs going to three different delay modules, Synthesis Technology E580, MakeNoise Echophon, and Doepfer BBD. This is just a short excerpt from that session of recordings."

via Richard Devine on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Ostracon Video

Ostracon Video from Unearthed Music on Vimeo.

"Shot by Ai student Josh Clos. Recorded and mixed at Ai Minnesota by John Keston and Graham O'Brien.

Ostracon is John Keston on electronics and Graham O'Brien on drums. The duo performs generative, improvisational compositions using John Keston's custom software, the GMS (Gestural Music Sequencer), that converts video input into musical phrases. Keston captures, layers, loops and processes melodic segments in real-time out of the stream of notes created by his gestural input, tailored with probability distribution algorithms. O'Brien accompanies these angular, electronic structures, with dynamic playing that, at times, verges on the chaotic."

Meng Qi Hand Gestural Controller

Hand / Gestural Controller / Brief Introduction

Published on Aug 12, 2016 Meng Qi

"Buy : https://www.etsy.com/listing/47201560...

触感曲线生成

A collection of real time functions integrated with hand gestures and a trigger input.
Your muscle memories in your synth patch.

hold REC button to record;
a quick tap on REC clears the memory;
realtime gestures override playback and interrupts EOL trigger output;
when memory is clear, EOL goes high to indicate the absence of gestures;
hold REC for 4 secs to switch between LFO and ENV mode;
slew smoothes the slopes;
max recording time : 2.22 seconds

It’s a controller, lfo, envelope, clock source, trigger delay. But here the slopes are played by you.

[bring performance gestures to modular system]"

Make Noise STREGA | Overview & Exploration

video by Sarah Belle Reid

"A walkthrough of the new semi-modular synth from Make Noise called STREGA, containing an instrument overview and patch tutorials. I also create a piece of music that uses STREGA in every single track alongside voice and brass.

The full piece, titled "MASS," is available for download on my Patreon page: www.patreon.com/sarahbellereid

0:00​ Introduction
0:45​ What is STREGA?
3:27​ How Does STREGA Work?
4:41​ STREGA Walkthrough

12:50​ Patch One: Bridges & Gateways
16:07​ Patch Two: Gestural Chaos
19:26​ Patch Three: Melody
22:16​ Interlude: Thoughts on Getting to Know STREGA
27:35​ Patch Four: STREGA & Max/MSP
30:17​ Patch Five: Processing External Sounds

36:25​ Track Preview: "MASS"

If you're interested in checking out patch notes and diagrams for 10 Strega patches, ranging from drone-based to gestural and chaotic, visit:
www.patreon.com/sarahbellereid

To find out more about Strega, visit:
www.makenoisemusic.com"

Blowstudio Hornet and Hornet Pro - Introduction

Published on Nov 11, 2015 blowstudiouk

Blowstudio Hornet Walkthrough


"Get yours and please support the crowdfunder!
http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/blowstud...
The Hornet and Hornet Pro are intuitive and playable digital theremins perfect for noise artists, improvising musicians and anyone interested in sound or performance."

Some additional info from the crowdfunder page:

"The Hornet is a synthesizer with gestural control. Every Hornet has a voice switch and a mode switch, as well as speed and decay controls, to give you loads of sounds to explore.

Its a kind of theremin - a musical instrument that you play by moving your hand above it in space. The Hornet uses the same method of gestural control as the original Theremin, an instrument designed by Russian inventor Lev Termen in the early 1900s. However the Hornet is digital and updates the idea with many more sound options and possibilities.

Hornet also comes in a Pro version, which adds CV/Gate inputs so you can control it from your analog sequencer and sync it to your computer as seen in the main video. You can control pitch, note length and speed, and temporarily override your sequence at any time by turning the speed dial or putting your hand in the sensor beam."