MATRIXSYNTH

genoQs Machines: Oktoberfest - Launching OS v1.60

via the genoQs newsletter:

"Dear all,
many months of hard work were needed to bring you the latest and greatest OS to your machines.. And now, here it is: we proudly present OS v1.60 for Octopus and Nemo!

The new OS is a significant leap forward and it includes numerous new features, and workflow improvements. Too many to list here really, but all minutiously captured in the latest release notes document. Our main page links to all that information and more: www.genoqs.net

Remarkable about OS v1.60 are the significant contributions provided by our users, which include those in a "source code" way! Without those, the machines simply would not be, what they are now. Or, as soon as you update yours..

Happy Oktober everyone!
Marcel and Gabriel
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www.genoqs.net"

Bloom, iPhone ambient app by Brian Eno

YouTube via koyamatsuo. "generating ripple-like sound by tapping iPhone."
You can get Bloom here:

Highly Liquid VL-1-MIDI

"Features

* Adds a standard MIDI IN port to your Casio VL-1 "VL-Tone"
* Control VL-1 keyboard with MIDI notes 55-83
* Notes triggered with MIDI are functionally identical to local keypress
* Does not interfere with "stock" functionality of keyboard
* Power and activity LEDs
* User-selected MIDI channel

Kit Contents
* Printed circuit board
* All required components
* Standard MIDI jack
* Hook-up wire
* LED panel bezels" http://highlyliquid.com/kits/vl-1-midi/

Pepepe at the "Reactable"

YouTube via mannauseisen
"Lautstark (Star TV) war in Barcelona an der Red Bull Music Academy. Und in einem der Studios stand der unglaubliche "Reactable" (welchen übrigens auch Björk auf ihrem letzten Album -Volta- verwendet hat) ...
Pepepe war der einzige, der den Tisch so richtig im Griff hatte, was er uns hier mal schnell demonstriert."

REACTABLE IBIZA 2008

YouTube via SeductorDJ. via synthtopia.

Substance - New Proppellerheads Blog

You can find it here

Slakrz Tangitable

flickr by SHIFTLOCK

"One of two (known) tangitables. This one controls a modular synth, while the other controls a beat-sequencer using pennies and fiducials."

Okita_layout

flickr by synthmonger

"This is a slightly slimmed down Okita Vocoder. I built it from an old school kit. Much time went into this! I had to etch the boards and drill every hole. I built it per schematic and there were a few errors in the original design that have been removed or corrected. After having fun with it for a couple months I've decided to get rid of it and build one that is completely me design and does exactly what I want it to do.

If you're interested in this I will be selling it for a fair amount. mshaner84@gmail.com for details."

Drawdio - a Pencil that draws sounds

YouTube via wakeupsilver. via ladyada's ranting where you'll find one more info including one more video.

Synthmonger "mini"-guitar synth

via synthmonger on this electro-music.com thread.

"I've been working on a guitar synth the past few days. I'm building a mini and mega version. Basically the mega version has more sub-octaves, pwm, and a vca for A/D controls.

I'm stuck on the layout. I just can't decide how I want things laid out. Ideally, I want each section (mixer/pwm/EF, etc) together but trying to lay them out symmetrically has been difficult for me. The posistion of the knobs must follow to the layout in order to fit in the case properly. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Just to let you know I'm not using 1v/oct frequency converter to control the vco's and it tracks pretty darn well. I'm sync'ing 40106 vco's that are based around my design. It's a fairly simple circuit that is a helluva lot of fun to play with!

The layout doesn't have the stompswitch or led indicator on there yet, but it'll go in the middle towards the bottom. The back will have vc inputs for each pwm, vco freq, and vcf." See the thread for updates.