soundmachines BI1brainterface little jam

Published on Aug 19, 2014 Davide Mancini

"soundmachines BI1brainterface Desktop Edition. A simple performance using just two outputs connected to the modular. Attention and Meditation changes pitch and LFO speed."

BI1brainterface introductory video

Published on Aug 6, 2014 Davide Mancini

"soundmachines BI1brainterface Desktop Edition first video.
A simple introduction to the first commercially available mindwave to musical equipment interface. CV and MIDI outputs derived from your brain activity (EEG) and Attention and Meditation eSense (tm) high level values.

More videos in the next days/week.
The product will be sold in early september, shipping end that month.

Music by Donics"

soundmachines BI1brainterface Desktop Edition Readies for Production

via Davide Mancini of soundmachines on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

"soundmachines BI1brainterface Desktop Edition is here!
We cannot believe we did this in 5 months!!!
Sales will open in late August and we hope to ship in October!!!
Soon details on prices, distribution, etc.. etc...
Soooooooo excited!!!!!!
Keep your brain fit until October"

http://www.sound-machines.it

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soundmachines BI1brainterface Prototype

via Davide Mancini on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

"Hi, my name is soundmachines BI1brainterface. And I am dressed in steel and wood.
Final complete prototypes in two days."

soundmachines Celebrates One Year Anniversary

via Davide Mancini of soundmachines on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

"This is a very important day for soundmachines! Exactly one year ago, on the 8th of July 2013 we sold our first module.

We come a long way and, tough being a very young company, we already have hundreds of people around the world playing with our modules, giving us feedbacks and new ideas.

This is exciting, and it's just the beginning!!!!!!!!!!

We are preparing lots of new stuff for you, and in the next months new modules will be put on the market!

We want to thank you, the customers, the supporters, the distributors, all the friends of this page and everyone who shares our passion.

Made In Italy, with a Lot of Love."

soundmachines Brainwave Interface Almost Ready

via Davide Mancini of soundmachines on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge:

"Brainwave interface final product, almost there...."

Torino Synth Meeting Pics

A few pics via Davide Mancini on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

As always MATRIXSYNTH is ever present.  ;) MATRIXSYNTH card!

See the bottom pic below.  What a fantastic setting.  Wish I was there.  One day...

"soundmachines @TorinoSynthMeeting 2014!

-TSM' Francesco and me!!!
-Our setup
-Torino's "Murazzi", beautiful place
-Kinetik Laboratories storming!
-Me, Andrea and Claudio from Kinetik Labs !! GO ITALY!
-Mr. Cosimi presenting GRP
-Wiggling Time!"

More pics via soundmachines here and some via Lucio Leonardi here.

Soundmachines Coming to Meet The Knobbers & Torino Synth Meeting

via Davide Mancini of soundmachines on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

"Dear All, soundmachines mobile setup is ready to hit the road! Saturday and Sunday, brace for impact!!!! MeetTheKnobbers, TorinoSynthMeeting here we come!!!"

An Interview with Davide Mancini of soundmachines

via Davide Mancini on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge. You'll find the full interview on synthemodulaire (English towards the bottom).

On the creation of soundmachines:

"Hi Davide, could you tell us a few words about the genesis of Soundmachines and the link with SPES ?

Hi Wilfried, thank you very much for the opportunity to tell our story and aspirations!
In 2009 I started playing with modular synthesizers, and in my spare time at home I interfaced ad Arduino to a Babblebot chip and made it into a module.
I was just enjoying myself doing some videos on YT and suddenly several people started asking me if the module would be put on the market, somehow.
I had those requests on the backburner for some years but never forget about it! In the meantime I was more and more involved in the modular ‘world’ and, as many of us, loosing a lot of nighttime surfing Matrixsynth, Muff Wiggler and other bad places..
in 2012 I started to think about entering the market from the inside of my company, SPES.
I am the chief innovation officer at SPES, an 80 people research and development (and production management) company based in central Italy. We work on many stuff including household appliances, fitness equipment, motor control, industrial automation, domotics, wearable systems, sensors and plant remote management all over Europe.
I took some time to make a rough business plan and I presented it to the co-founders of the company and we decided to put resources and money in this ‘adventure’. For our company, that tipically works as an OEM, this was big news and many new things to approach! The project was innovative in many ways: a product imagined, developed and built integrally by our own, a direct relationship to the final users, an e-commerce site, a global market etc…
Obviously the most part of the company was already there, purchasing, administration, logistics and obvioulsy design, but many new things have been addressed in the last months…. It was exciting and challenging!!!
So, soundmachines was born as a brand of SPES, and we started operations at the end of July 2013. We are VERY young !!"

Read the full interview on synthemodulaire here (English towards the bottom).

Soundmachines LS1 and LP1

Published on Mar 16, 2014 David Lilja·1 video

"This is a demonstration of the Soundmachines LS1 and LP1 Eurorack modules.

Demonstration setup

Left LS1:
CV: MMG Filter Cutoff Frequency
Gate: Trigger Maths which controls the PH2 on the Cyclebox

Middle LS1:
CV: MMG Filter Resonance
Gate: Trigger Maths which controls the PH2 on the Cyclebox

Right LS1:
CV: Gain on the Cyclebox and Morph Z on the E350
Gate: Trigger Maths which controls the PH2 on the Cyclebox

The LP1:
CV(x): Morph X on the E350 and Spread on the E340
CV(y): Morph Y on the E350
CV(z): Chaos BW on the E340"

via Davide Mancini of Soundmachines on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

DC1drumcomputer functions demo Mar2014

Published on Mar 11, 2014 Davide Mancini·27 videos

"Some other DC1drumcomputer functions as the product grows!
Here you can see song mode (several types available in the final product!), the load/store capabilities (in the first public revision you will have 64 pattern memories), the individual track length and so on...
Sorry for the slight offset of the synth line :)"

via Davide Mancini on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

soundmachines RB1 LS1 LP1 UL1 SY1 in Stock

via Davide Mancini on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

"The long wait has come to an end!!! The shop is full of modules in stock!! RB1 LS1 LP1 UL1 SY1 are ready to ship at the end of the week! And few dozens are coming to the US!
http://www.sound-machines.it/index.php/shop-2/"

soundmachines Bl1 Brain Interface - Control Your Modular with Your Mind

via Davide Mancini on Soundmachines on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

"Control your modular/synth with your BRAIN. BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAIN!!!!"

"Soundmachines next module will BLOW YOUR MIND. Control your modular (or your synth) with your BRAIN. Introducing BI1brainterface, compatible with MindWave Mobile headset."

soundmachines - announcements coming

via Davide Mancini on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

"A very interesting module setup, and soon some announcements!!!!
Availability of UL1uloop in few weeks!"

"Interesting module setup.... Expect a video soon!!!"

Demo SY1synesthesia 6Jan

Published on Jan 5, 2014 Davide Mancini·27 videos

"This is the final release of the module, explained in its main functionalities. Production will start next week. Expect shipments in a month."

via Davide Mancini on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Demo UL1uloop jam

Published on Jan 3, 2014 Davide Mancini·26 videos

"Another small demonstration of the UL1uloop microsampler/looper.
This time we go with an external sound source and play with it!"

via Davide Mancini on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

soundmachines UL1uloop demonstration basics

Published on Jan 1, 2014 Davide Mancini·25 videos

"Dear All, here's a little video of the basic functionalities of the UL1uloop, a lo-fi 4hp microlooper/sampler. Next video will be about the 'instant loop' mode of operation."

via Davide Mancini on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Happy New Year from soundmachines!!!

via Davide Mancini in The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

"Happy New Year from soundmachines!!! This was our first, unforgettable, year. We thank all the people out there who supported us, near and far, as we enter a new year of products and, most importantly, music! Love from Italy."

RC1radiostar sequencer core demonstration

Published on Dec 30, 2013 Davide Mancini·24 videos

"Dear All, the time has come to show you some functionalities of the RC1. This time a simple sequencer setup is shown, along with comments and descriptions!!!
Enjoy!!!!!!!"

via Davide Mancini on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

soundmachines DC1drumcomputer first interactions!

Published on Dec 27, 2013 Davide Mancini·23 videos

"First interaction with an alpha release DC1drumcomputer, an 8 track, 16 steps trigger or gate sequencer from sundmachines. Advanced functions include:
individual track lenght, shuffle/swing, internal/external clock, pattern store/recall, four CV input to modify ANY parameter for any of the tracks plus some globals, user upgreadable via SD card.
Expected availability in February!

Cheers!"