MATRIXSYNTH

BBoT

YouTube via EA78751
"TR808 clone drums + original synths and sequencer. apologies for sound quality of this recording. visit the link to hear better examples.
http://ericarcher.net/devices/big-box...
thx: douglas ferguson for video help."

Electric Gongs - an experimental music installation

YouTube via EA78751. via Harry
"Three bronze gongs are activated with electromagnetic drivers. A touchscreen interface shows all available notes and guides users to consonant pitch relationships with a network of white lines.

At Austin Childrens Museum (Austin, TX) until September 2008.

more information and recordings:
http://ericarcher.net/devices/electri..."

DFW Synth Diy

flickr set by robstave

via the comments of this post

Dallas Fort Worth Synth DIY

Okkam-01 Demonstration

Okkam-01 Demonstration from yoctopus on Vimeo.
"An electronic musical instrument utilising Native Instruments Reaktor software and MIDIBox hardware.

Conceived, designed, programmed and constructed by Justin Shave for the purpose of creating music both in the studio and through live improvised performance.

for more explanation and tunes:

myspace.com/shaveosphere
info ... yoctopus.com"

Modular Synth: Chimera BC16 Inverter Card

Modular Synth: Chimera BC16 Inverter Card from Tom Whitwell on Vimeo.
"Cute little inverter card which reverses phase of control signals. 5v in = 0v out. 4v in = 1v out..."
That would be Tom of Music Thing.

Circuit bent box containing Musini, sampler and ELC piano

YouTube via thenervoussquirrel
"This box basically consists of three sections:

A modified Musini, which is a baby toy originally intended to get toddlers dancing around the living room. A sensor detects floor vibrations and matches the tempo accordingly, or as the manufacturer puts it:

"Musini's patented MusicSensor detects their every move and translates it into a totally unique musical response, teaching cause and effect."

New knobs and switches have been added to create strange new sounds that would probably frighten the previous small owner of the toy.

The second section is a simple lo-fi sampler that can record up to 20 seconds of audio, either as one long sound or four shorter ones. The sounds can then be looped and the pitch altered.

The third section is a modified Early Learning Centre 'animal piano', which can be used to create blips, crunches and bleeps which contrast nicely with the mellow sweeping sounds of the Musini. This section could also be useful for communicating with a pet dog, cat or bird.

The box was commissioned by Norman Fairbanks (www.normanfairbanks.com), after a few e-mails discussing the types of sounds he was looking for. There should be some higher-quality audio samples on my website at some point, and Norman is planning on creating some new music with the box, which is exciting."

Cats

flickr by Mouldfish

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MIDIBridge for AudioCubes Preset System Update

"The MIDIBridge software got an update today fixing a few minor bugs and adding support for all setup parameters to be stored and recalled using the preset system. You can read more about the update and download it here: http://forum.percussa.com/viewtopic.php?t=40.

The updated Max/MSP patches for MIDIBridge will be available in the next software release package for AudioCubes. As you probably already know, all host software for AudioCubes is freely available and open source, and built in Cycling 74’s Max/MSP software. So you can customize it easily to your own needs. Do you need OSC or some other protocol instead of MIDI communication? If it’s available in Max/MSP you can easily use it with AudioCubes and the freely available Max/MSP patches."
via the Percussa Audio Cubes blog

soundbite

YouTube via sduck409
"watch over my shoulder as I tweak some settings on this large modular synth patch. 3 different voices, using a motm 510 wavewarper as twisted mixer. Mostly synthtech MOTM modules, and a Blacet Binary Zone, Wogglebug, and a MusicFromOuterSpace sequencer. Sorry about the low audio quality, this was just a quickie job, otherwise it might never get done."