via this auction "Quite a simple monophonic synth very capable of making some fat basslines. . Has a very nice filter resonance and an excellent slow to very fast LFO which goes right into the audio range."
'1969' is electric experimental music unit. The member of this unit must be born in 1969 ,and play handmade electric instruments.
In this video, Yonemoto plays handmade electric sound generator which is called "Machine No.3". "Machine No.3" is controlled(played) by 8 bit data which is generated by manually (not by micro controller).
Ribbon Controller is a kind of electric musicalinstruments. It can change a oscillator pitch smoothly, depending on the place which you press down. It was originally made as a kind of MOOG SYNTHESIZER's controller in late 60's. Onoue made this following its example. And playing style is self-taught.
"Yuchi Onoue plays the handmade Ribbon Controller - Electric musical instruments. This video is Improvisation of Ribbon Controller at my home studio in 2005.
This handmade electric musical instrument can change a oscillator pitch smoothly, depending on the place which you press down. Ribbon Controller was originally made as a kind of MOOG SYNTHESIZER's controller in late 60's. I made this following its example. And playing style is self-taught.
This ribbon controller hooked up to simple analogue oscillator. The frequency of the oscillator changes in the value of electric resistance. Electrically, This ribbon controller is just an electric variable resistance. Not a midi box.