Imagine x Touché

video upload by Expressive E

"Meet Imagine a playful world of unknown acoustic sounds
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💥 AAS and Expressive E's expertise merged into one unique product: "Imagine". Dive right into the body of real-life instruments, modify and combine their acoustic characteristics to create an exciting new imaginary acoustics landscape.

📌 In addition to being compatible with any classic midi controller, Imagine sound design dimensions are an ideal playground for our expressive controller called "Touché". Discover a whole new universe of sounds and playing articulations, fully compatible with Touché and its software companion, Lié."

Synth Rorschach #80: NASA Ames Research Center - 1962

This one is in via Gerard Pardeilhan.

"My new MIDI "body suit" interface 👽"

In actuality, it's a pilot restraint and Closed Loop Breathing System, NASA Ames Research Center - 1962.

See the Synth Rorschach label below for more.

QuNeo MPE Overview and Setup Tutorial with Ableton 11, Modal Skulpt, and Equator

video upload by Keith McMillen Instruments

"QuNeo now speaks MPE! It's by far the most expressive controller of it's size, use it for finger drumming or playing melodic scales and chords.

In this video we show you how to get started with the QuNeo and MPE. We run through how to setup the QuNeo MPE application with a soft synth (Equator), Modal Skulpt, and Ableton Live 11."

SOMI-1 x FMKF collective

video upload by instruments of things

"Dana Pajarillaga and Daniel Asamoah from FMKF collective by Franka Marlene Foth. The dancers control nature-like ambient sounds by their movements via our SOMI-1 wearables."

Oddball As Spherical Velocity Sensing Bouncy Percussion Interface

video upload by Perplex On

"Giving #oddball another spin using some own #maxforlive mapping. Hit strength is mapped to pitch height while velocity is also modulating some physical modeling parameters of #abletonlive #collision. This test just uses the velocity data coming from Oddball but there eventually will be an update which will also utilize gyroscope data. This will hopefully allow for even more versatility in mapping gestures to musical parameters. Audioreactive visuals made with #VisualSynthesizer and Uzu visualizer on iOS."

SILHOUETTE eins - synthesizer (Demo 2021)

video upload by Pit Przygodda

"This is my 2021 built synthesizer 'Silhouette eins'. (prototype)

It is an optical soundtrack synthesizer: Optical shapes are transformed into musical waves for audio and modulation in real time.

Infos:
http://www.silhouette-synthesizer.de

It is the successor of former prototypes (2017 - 2019).
'Silhouette eins' now extends the concept by the use of the generated waves not only for audio but also for modulation."



"VIDEOVOX is a synthesizer which transfers video-data into audio-data.
It´s a prototype, programmed under Pure-Data.
More info:
www.videovox.de Thanks,
Pit Przygodda"

See the ANS Label below for additional synths that transform images to audio.

Sonica Synthesizer with Case made by Frank Eventoff SN 393

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"1979 Sonica synthesizer designed by Frank Eventoff, with oscillator design credited to Serge Tcherepnin. A limited run of only 650 of these beautiful, solid Red Alder instruments were ever made. This is number 393 in the series."

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the PIPE by SOMA laboratory (the main demo video)

video upload by Vlad Kreimer

"PIPE is a voice / breath / mouth-controlled dynamic FX processor and synthesizer. It turns your voice into a powerful FX / beat / lead / soundscapes synthesizer and it offers unprecedented levels of vocal processing, really transforming the possibilities of singing.

Here you can find a demo of the additional four algorithms: [posted here]

---------
the PIPE was designed by Vlad Kreimer.
Idea, sounds, video, edition - Vlad Kreimer.
Source video streams for the background video art - Iliya Sidorenko.
Also, in the background used fragments of math fractals from “Eye of the Universe” by Math Town

SOMA laboratory 2018
somasynths.com
somasynths@gmail.com"

Additional PIPE by SOMA posts

Yamaha WX11 & WT11 Wind Synthesizer, Electronic Wind Instrument

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YAMAHA Wind Synth WX-7 w/ TX81Z & Voice Bank Cassette Tape

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via this auction

Pic of the tape case below for those into synth paraphanelia.

TX81Z is SN NM03816
WX7 is SN NP02889

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CRYPTOCURRENCY SYNTHESIZER.... Making Analog Synth's That Plays CRYPTO's

video upload by

"A #SYNTHESIZER that PLAYS #CRYPTOCURRENCY #MUSIC
Get your name on a knob in the museum as well as much more content and hour long wav file of the machine above :- https://www.patreon.com/lookmumnocomp...

ESTEFANNIE EXPLAINS IT ALL Video :"


video upload by Estefannie

www.estefannie.com

Update:

CRYPTODRONE - a synth that REALTIME plays crypto currencies
video upload by LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER

SOMA REFLEX (demo of the very first prototype and announce of the project)

video upload by Vlad Kreimer

via https://somasynths.com/reflex/

"REFLEX is a new SOMA instrument in development.

REFLEX is a revolutionary new digital six-voice polyphonic synthesizer with several unique features and innovations. The main idea is to provide an unparalleled level of real-time control over both timbre and sound, merging the creation of timbres and the act of playing notes into a single process. For the vast majority of electronic instruments throughout human history, this has always been two separate processes.

This approach offers musicians a new level of sound flexibility and expressiveness. On a philosophical level, this project aims to redefine and rethink what flexibility in sound and performance can mean for the modern musician. In a broader sense, it explores the concept of flexibility as a common phenomenon and a key distinguishing feature of our modern world, and also for future humans. Hence the name – REFLEX.

REFLEX is the first complex synthesizer where the main goal is to give musicians direct access to the synthesis core, instantly playing dozens of synthesis parameters as artistically and intuitively as we play notes and velocity on, for example, a violin. To make this possible a unique multidimensional sensor-controller was developed.

The main part of the sensor-controller consists of 16 small hemispheres arranged ergonomically in a way that provides comfortable and simultaneous access to all of them for the fingers of your hand. Each hemisphere contains a tiny version of a high frequency transmitter-air-receiver chain, where the human finger functions as a kind of obstacle that affects the connection. It captures the position of your palm and fingers from 16 points of view. The sensor data collected by each hemisphere is connected in a smart way with one or more synthesis parameters. Combinations of several sensors can be processed in a separate way and attached to a unique set of synthesis parameters. Sensor output is processed at a speed of 23 kHz, which is higher than the audio range, and reaches the synthesis core with latency of no more than 50 microseconds. Tiny movements of your fingers can drive the very synthesis core, letting you play with the process of synthesis directly and instantly.

To make this approach possible, special synthesis algorithms were developed that I call “pure math synthesis”. The main idea of this type of synthesis is the absence of any wavetables, samples and anything that is a kind of “frozen past”. Instead, it uses special dynamical recursive equations and high-resolution calculations that generate sound here and now, and which are very sensitive to even the tiniest signals from the sensor-controller. As a result, it gives you the unique experience of playing a very complex but also very responsive live real musical instrument that literally breathes under your fingers.

The hardware part of REFLEX is also unique. Starting the work on a digital synth I was very concerned with how to bring our beloved analog LYRA-like sound quality into the digital realm. Existing digital-to-analogue converters available in industrial volumes did not meet our demands. So I decided to develop my own conversion system. It works with several Pulse Width Modulators with direct raw outputs, scaled relatively to each other in order to gain the necessary resolution. At the end, there is a special analog part that finalizes the signal. This analog part is built with discrete through-hole components and discrete transistors (there are no OPAMPs in the circuit!) without significant long negative feedback loops (the famous Hi-End approach). The analog part uses unique germanium transistors and WIMA capacitors that give warmness and nobility to the sound.

REFLEX is also a multiprocessor system where each of the six voices is actually a separate mini computer (a special dedicated high-performance microcontroller) with its own clock crystal and analog part. REFLEX has no global FX but instead six separate FX units built in each voice, each of which can be driven according to the current state of its voice and the note it plays. Each FX unit also takes part in the synthesis of its voice including complex feedback.

The end result of these innovative solutions is a very high sound quality, actually rare for a digital instrument. The analog mixing of voices output makes it possible to hear and distinguish each note as brightly and as separately as in old analog synthesizers because each note actually is generated by its own complete monophonic synth.

From the user interface side, REFLEX strikes the perfect balance between amazing possibilities and simplicity. Despite the big underlying complexity of this synthesizer, it is surprisingly easy to use. There are just 17 analog-style knobs with fixed functions (no multifunctional knobs). There is no menu diving. Everything is as simple as possible, letting you focus on making and playing music!

The firmware of REFLEX is upgradable. We plan to continue releasing synthesis algorithms after launch."

Harpe Laser V2 | SynthFest 2021

video by SynthFest France

The LinnStrumentalists 2

video by Roger Linn

"The second compilation of videos submitted by LinnStrument players around the world. For more information on LinnStrument, visit www.rogerlinndesign.com."

The Girl From Ipanema / ｢イパネマの娘｣ / Berglund Instruments - NuEVI with Modular Synthesizer

video by BANANA su

Berglund Instruments NuEVI demo
Main : Modular Synth controled NuEVI
Backing : Roland MC-101


"The Girl From Ipanema - イパネマの娘

ボサノバっておしゃれ！！！
選曲をボサノバにするだけでおしゃれさんに大変身……！！！……んなわけあるか。

自分のEVIはCVモデルなのですが、今回はせっかくならとユーロラックのCVモジュールを使用してモジュラーシンセで鳴らしてみました。

このCVモジュールには
・NuEVI/NuRAD IN端子
・Pitch CV OUT端子
・Breath CV OUT端子
・MIDI OUT端子
が搭載されています。

NuEVI/RADのMIDI端子には実はブレスとピッチのCV出力の端子が搭載されており(MIDI信号以外の信号を搭載するとMIDIと名称してはいけないらしいですが笑)、CVモジュールのIN端子に接続して使います。

今回のセッティングはそこはかとなくJohn Swana氏の音に近づけたいという願望で色々実験してます。
GATE端子を活用して程よくアタック感を出してみました。" Googlish:

"The Girl From Ipanema --The Girl from Ipanema

Bossa Nova is fashionable !!!
Just by making the song selection Bossa Nova, you can transform yourself into a fashionable person ... !!!!!

My EVI is a CV model, but this time I tried to play it with a modular synth using the Eurorack CV module.

This CV module has
-NuEVI / NuRAD IN terminal
-Pitch CV OUT terminal
-Breath CV OUT terminal
-MIDI OUT terminal


NuEVI / RAD The MIDI terminal of is actually equipped with a breath and pitch CV output terminal (it seems that you should not call it MIDI if you install a signal other than the MIDI signal, but lol), and connect it to the IN terminal of the CV module. I'll use it.

I've been experimenting with this setting with the desire to get closer to John Swana's sound.
I used the GATE terminal to give it a moderate attack. "

TBX2 Microtonal Tuning Machine Box Handmade in Germany

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2018 videos by Aaron Andrew Hunt. The TBX2 is from Hi-Pi Instruments. They also made a TBX1 MIDI Tuning Box.

Playlist:
TBX2 - The Instant Chromelodeon
TBX2 - Programming Sample Tunings
TBX2 unboxing 100 bare units
TBX2 rev3 3D Models

via this auction

Check out the foot pedal input label on back.

"Only 100 were manufactured several years ago. With this device you can plug into your computer (USB to USB) and play microtonal music after preloading your tunings.

TBX2 outperforms its predecessor (TBX1) in every way. This faster, smaller, sturdier second-generation device not only retunes GM (multichannel) synths, but also monophonic synths, MTS synths, and even proprietary sysex synths. If you thought the 512 tunings TBX1 offered was a lot, try 8,192. That's almost twice the size of the Scala Archive. Each input channel can be assigned to a unique tuning table, providing full compatibility with multichannel controllers like MIDI guitars and MIDI organs, as well as microtonal controllers like the Tonal Plexus, Microzone, Axis 64, and Terpstra keyboards. Supports both MIDI DIN input, and USB-MIDI input. Navigate 40 presets hands-free. Edit existing tunings or create your own with Universal Tuning Editor (UTE) cross-platform software (free license included). Set up your tunings, upload them to the unit, plug in your controller and synth, and start making music. Ready for the stage, its built-in rechargeable battery will run for days. Firmware is user-upgradable via UTE, so features can be improved or added at any time, and you never have to worry about swapping out a chip.

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New Baloran The Pool USB Host et Morphing avec l'Enhancia Neova

video by Laurent Baloran

"Aucun effet externe, les deux claviers et le Neova Rig sont connectés sur un Hub lui même connecté à la prise USB Host de The Pool."

Googlish:

"No external effects, the two keyboards and the Neova Rig are connected to a Hub which is itself connected to The Pool's USB Host socket."

Haken Continuum / EaganMatrix: Using the ContinuuMini as a W,X,Y,Z Eurorack CV Controller

video by EaganMatrix Programming

"Demonstrating one of an almost infinite ways to use a ContinuuMini with Evaton Technologies uCVC as a four degree of freedom (WXYZ) controller for Eurorack systems (though it could be used this way with any system that uses CV input to manipulate sound parameters). Here the Mini primarily controls a TiNRS Tuesday Sequencer and Rabid Elephant Natural Gate that are really 'running the show' (not ContinuuMini pitch and envelope control). EaganMatrix CVC programming is used to impart a much more complex CV interaction that would be possible with a traditional XY CV (for example joystick) controller. Note with only a ContinuuMini and a uCVC, you will ideally want to set your preset Polyphony 1 to avoid discontinuities when playing polyphonically which is not the intent here but you might do it without realizing it (not using ContinuuMIni audio output at all here)."

YAMAHA EW20 Wind Jammer Electronic Woodwind Synthesizer SN 03442

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You can find additional posts featuring the EW20 here.

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The All-Dancing Accelero-Gyro DIY Triple CV Controller

video by Izhar Ashdot Sound & Vision

"As part of my fascination with Sensors, I built an Accelerometer-Gyroscope based controller for modular synths that outputs 3 CV streams to control any parameter in your synth setup.

In this video I'm controlling the Pitch of an oscillator with the Pitch axis, the cutoff frequency of a filter with the Roll axis, and the resonance of the same filter with the Yaw axis.

I 3D printed an enclosure for the GY-521and I wear it like a watch using 2 velcro cable ties."

Links:
PCB files and GY-521 holder 3D print file
Arduino Sketch
Arduino Nano
GY-521 Accelerometer
Cable Ties