Volca-fun

"The Volca Drum was my first drum machine and the Volca Modular gave me my first taste of a modular synthesizer. Beneath the (to some) toy-like look of these instruments they offer a portable gateway to composing and improvising. These videos all share at least one appearance by either of these two (and more often than not, by both!)."

Playlist:
red skies | ORCA driven Volca Jam (Modular + Drum)
over a field of dried grass | Volca Modular and Bastl Kastle Jam
a cicada's voice | Volca Modular and Bastl Kastle jam
carved with breath | Volca Modular jam
polyways | Microfreak + Volca Drum
field of cotton | Generative jam w/ Cosmosf M31 and Volca Modular/Drum on #jamuary!
rabbit tracks | Native American Flute + Volca Modular/Drum jam
Atalanta et Hippomenes | Ambient music on the Volca Modular and Hyve Synth
eclectric dreams | Volca Drum + Fundamental + Cymbal Reverb
in exile | Microtonal jam over a poem by Al-Bayati
Arakiel | Generative Jam w/ Bastl's bitRanger and the Volca Drum
mountain's shadow | Generative microtonal jam w/ CosmosF M31, SE-02 and Volca Drum
ulmus glabra | Volca Modular + Hyve Synth Jam
de ludo aleae | ambient jam w/ Volca Modular
chaldea | pairing Bastl Instruments Kastle and Volca Modular
arcadia | ambient music w/ kastle + volca modular
etelköz | exploring strange tunings w/ volca modular + kastle

Hyve Touch DIY Analog Poly Synthesizer in Walnut Case

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"Awesome little pocket synth. Its about the size of an ipad mini. Comes complete all in tact. Hyve Synth, Battery, Tuner, Cord Card and Case. Perfect gift for that EDM geek in your life or synthesizer enthusiast collectors. MAJOR Cool sounds!

Slide your fingers across the surface to explore new ways to touch sound. It’s a 60-voice polyphonic analog synthesizer that is controlled by pressure, horizontal, and vertical movements of each finger on the surface. Even the smallest wiggle of your finger makes the sound come alive, giving expression to the music you make.

The Hyve was designed to be immediate and accessible. You don't need to know anything to start touching sound.1. Plug in power and headphones 2. Touch the surface 3. Slide and explore."

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Review: Hyve Synth - 60 oscillators, and as many VCAs as you have fingers...

Published on Feb 26, 2019 loopop

"Hyve synth is very different from any synth you might know - here's how.

0:00 Intro
1:00 Hyve versions
1:30 Architecture
2:30 Touch control
4:00 Note layout
4:35 Hyve layout
6:15 One-finger chords
7:00 Isomorphic layout
7:35 Stereo control
8:15 Stereo effects
10:15 Pros and cons
11:30 Outro jam "

HYVE Touch Synthesizer Ambient Improvisation

Published on Feb 2, 2019 Björn Fogelberg

"I gave my HYVE Synth a spin today. Everything was recorded in one take. I admit the video is bit unpolished but I think you get the idea what this synth is about. The reverb is Valhalla VintageVerb."

Hyve Touch Synthesizer - Premium Editiona

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"Brand new originally Kickstarter backed, Hyve Touch Synthesizer, Premium version. The premiums were the highest level of backing, and the premium Hyves were crafted, constructed, tested, and tuned by the instrument’s creator before being shipped out. They also ship/shipped with a custom case and power supply. This one is brand new and ready to tap into another dimension.

Premium Edition

Skot Wiedmann, the instrument’s creator/designer

I have teamed up with local woodworker Jeff Nardoni to develop a handcrafted hardwood enclosure. Hyve Synth Premium has a walnut back that looks and feels wonderful. This instrument comes to you ready to play and requires no assembly or tuning.

This is a soft padded neoprene mini gig bag. It is the perfect size for your Hyve and battery pack, and has enough extra room for ear buds or small headphones."

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Opening for Moldover - Skot Wiedmann on the Hyve Synth - October 7, 2018

Published on Oct 22, 2018 Skot Wiedmann

Hyve Synthesizer

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"It’s really an awesome synth. Touch capacity controls pan, 60 note poly square synth. US only, comes w walnut case, battery case, tuning pin, and neoprene custom case."

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Hyve Touch Synthesizer

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"This is a Hyve Touch Synthesizer designed by Skot Weidmann... The Hyve is a really cool, 60 oscillator, square wave analog synthesizer. It is really special sounding, as each note you play starts to fight for the listenable spectrum of sound, causing a really cool form of FM synthesis, giving a simple note a much more complex sound."

Balancing Act | Hyve Touch Synth, Ciat-Lonbarde Plumbutter

Published on Jun 3, 2018 HAINBACH

"Support what I do by buying my music: https://hainbach.bandcamp.com/

After being surprised by a massive and beautiful summer rainfall in our holiday retreat, I recorded this piece using only the Hyve Touch Synth into a Ciat-Lonbarde Plumbutter. No edits, Valhalla Plate reverb on the master."

Gold Moon | Hyve Touch Synthesizer, Bastl Thyme, Chase Bliss Warped Vinyl

Published on May 27, 2018 HAINBACH

"Support what I do by buying my music - https://hainbach.bandcamp.com/

The first piece I wrote with the brand new Hyve Touch Synth I backed in April of last year on Kickstarter. An beautifully expressive machine. The Chase Bliss Warped Vinyl adds pulsing modulations, the Bastl Thyme echoes and an Alesis Midiverb IV space. All recorded to 1/4" tape."

HYVE Synthesizer

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Hyve Stretch Goals Met

Two stretch goals have been met with the Hyve Touch Synth kickstarter.

"All Hyve Hacker kits now come with 2 circuit boards! Rejoice!"

"All Hyve Premium rewards will come with the carrying pouch. Thank you so much to all 150 Hyve Premium backers!"

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The SynthSummitShow Episode 17: Hyve touch synth Skot Weidmann

Streamed live 2 hours ago Flux302 of Fluxwithit.com

"the SynthSummitShow is a show dedicated to introducing gear lovers to those who create the gear they love.
This week we have Skott Weidmann of Hyvesynth.com to discuss his new 60 voice analog touch synth and its kickstarter campaign"

Hyve Synth Tutorial - 60 poly analog portable synth

Published on Apr 4, 2017 cuckoomusic

"This is the Hyve Touch Synthesiser, designed by Skot Wiedmann. It's currently campaigning on Kickstarter here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...

The Hyve Touch Synth is very unique, with it's portable form factor, lovely design, and 60 polyphonic analog architecture. It runs on a 9v battery, or with a power adapter. The sound is an analog square-ish signal. But with a tad of filter on the expressive touch controls, and the hexagon chord friendly layout it makes it highly playable. More so than what you would expect.

Here's a tutorial on the preassembled Hyve. How to play it. What it sounds like. And a number of "jams" or improvised sessions, in combination with mostly a reverb and delay."

The Hyve Adds Stretch Goal: Double Hyve Hacker

via The Hyve Kickstarter:

"All Hyve Hacker rewards will come with Two Hyve Hacker bare circuit boards when we reach 100 Hyve Hacker backers.

Build one and hack the other
One for you and one for a friend
Make a double wide Hyve by chaining them together
There is a chain area on the circuit board which allows you to connect two together to create one larger instrument. Four wires connect them, which joins power and audio, so you have one power input and one headphone output for both."

Hyve Synth Goes Open Source

via the Hyve Touch Kickstarter:

"In celebration of an awesome week with 266 amazing people who hit 267%, Hyve Synth is going Open Source. Thank you for believing in this project and giving me the opportunity to share it with you. Let's take a look at a preliminary schematic!"

Hyve Touch Synth Now on Kickstarter

You all should be familiar with the Hyve Touch synthesizer featured numerous times here on MATRIXSYNTH.

The Hyve Touch is now seeking funding on Kickstarter here. There are both DIY and pre-built options.

The following are some details for those new to the Hyve Touch:

"Hyve Touch Synthesizer is a fun, expressive musical instrument that anyone can make and play. It responds to human touch, even your slightest finger movements give you powerful control. Turning these gestures into sound allows you to play music like never before.

Expressive touch, analog synth

Slide your fingers across the surface to explore new ways to touch sound. It’s a 60-voice polyphonic analog synthesizer that is controlled by pressure, horizontal, and vertical movements of each finger on the surface. Even the smallest wiggle of your finger makes the sound come alive, giving expression to the music you make.

Explore and harmonize

Notes on the Hyve are arranged so that you can easily explore harmonies and tone combinations with small movements of your finger.

The bottom half is arranged like a piano keyboard. Each key senses pressure, vertical position, and horizontal position. Moving vertically allows you to sweep through octaves and harmonically combine them into evolving tones. Horizontal movements push the sound right and left in stereo. Touching the bottom row causes a pressure-controlled pitch bend.

The top half uses a hexagon grid to put notes that sound good together right next to each other. Every adjacent note is harmonically related: straight up is a perfect 5th, up to the right is a major 3rd, and up to the left is a minor 3rd. This means that one finger can play a chord and slide to the next chord in the song. Each hexagon also senses pressure and horizontal position like the bottom half."

TH-0 : Luc bigé - afterwork

Published on Nov 19, 2016 Tristan Musikgear

"Speech from Luc Bigé. Odd tones from the system including, Hyve synth, Folktek Matter, Mr Grassi from Ciat Lonbarde and MengQi Seashore."

Technology + Human Touch = A New Way of Creating Music

Published on Jan 27, 2017 Illinois1867

Be sure to check out this article on Skot Wiedmann after the video.

"Skot Wiedmann, an electronics technician and art instructor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, talks about the Hyve Synthesizer he built. Wiedmann wants to inspire interdisciplinary work between engineers and musicians, and allow people to explore music and music theory in a creative and fun way."

Skot Wiedmann: Make the Future of Musical Expression

Vol 22. Skot Wiedmann: Make the future of musical expression

Published on Oct 18, 2016 PechaKuchaNightCU
Update: Re-Published on Oct 20, 2016

Skot Wiedmann on the value of DIY and his Hyve Touch Synthesizer at PechaKucha Night.

Update: ECE Illinois has a post up on Skot's work here.