Triadex Muse - (Link to VSTi of Muse)

It's funny how some things come in waves. I was reading the new issue of Future Music magazine and the "Back to the Future" feature item is the Triadex Muse. It's a rare and interesting piece of gear known as the first digital musical instrument. It came out in 1971. It's basically a sequencer with built in speakers and tone module. I thought how cool it would be if you could midi it up and use it to control other synths. Well, I catch up on email and there's a thread from Cikira on AH on just that. The owner of the Muse below converts the output to MIDI. Also, there is a software simulation of the Muse that transmits midi. Pretty cool.

From the email thread, "We agreed that a good word for these things is "inscrutable". It's tough to figure out how the sliders interrelate, but sure enough you get repeating, evolving patterns, and as it plays you start to identify recurring motifs. Its internal speaker puts out a decent level, and it does a little light show that reflects what it's doing, only it doesn't really help you figure it out. "

http://www.trovar.com/muse/muse.html