via this auction"unused and brand new Dirty Electronics Mute Synth, Sold exclusively at the Mute Records Short Circuit Festival, The Roundhouse London 13-14 May 2011.
The Synth is strictly limited to 50 Copies and was commissioned by Mute Records and special made for the event where it was sold out. A 4xA4 Manual/Documentation will be included. The size of the Synth is circa 18x11 cm...
From the Documentation:'The Mute Synth is a hand-held touch and tilt instrument with copper etched artwork and
contoured printed circuit board that was designed in collaboration with Mute and
graphic designer Adrian Shaughnessy. The instrument brings together many Dirty
Electronics aesthetics and instrument designs into one device in particular creating an
instrument ‘of the hand’ (in terms of both playing and building), a noise-based device
that utilises feedback, and exploring the relationship between artwork and circuit board.
It combines sound synthesis with a sequencer/pulser, and it is ‘knobless’. TheMute Synth is controlled by using the conductivity of the human body to complete the
instrument’s circuit when the copper etching is touched. There are touch ‘points’ on both sides
of the circuit board, and the instrument is designed to be played with thumbs and fingers.
Two tilt switches on different planes allow for gestural control of the sequencer. Pulsating
brilliant white noise and grunge in the hand!'"
