Here’s a vid showing just a few of the many musical interfaces on hand at Bay Area Maker Faire. There were so many cool instruments, yet so little time to play them all. It was truly awesome to see such a great turnout on the sonic front – big thanks to all who made it […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Ludo_d built a custom MIDI touchpad controller using Arduino – Started from a scavenged Cirque Glidepoint resistive touchpad (PS/2 compatible), 2×8 LCD (in 4 bit mode), two buttons and a serial Arduino board. The buttons when pressed allow to set the Continuous Controller number by gliding the finger on […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Recotana is at it again with another very cool MIDI/body interface. This time the user is stimulated by the MIDI signal via electrode interface – an interesting way of getting someone to ‘feel’ the rhythm! – Electric click on Flickr Related: Heartbeat MIDI controller
The newer than new wave styled MIDI controller (these things are starting to look more and more abstract) – The Kromatron is a dynamic MIDI controller built specifically to interface with modern audio performance software such as Ableton Live. It has 4 knobs, 2 faders, a two-axis joystick, and 8 buttons. The device is 100% […]
Peter from CreateDigitalMusic writes – We’re holding a competition for makers of musical interfaces at Yuri’s Night Bay Area, starting out the day’s events at 2:30 pm. There are some crazy projects in the lineup — a number of which will also be presenting at Maker Faire, including the bubblegum sequencer, custom controller hardware and […]
Submitted for your viewing pleasure – A demo video for the “beamz Music Performance System” laser-controlled preprogrammed MIDI gating device targeted @ non-musicians. I don’t think it’s possible to list all of the memorable moments seen in the above video, at the very least they’re quirky, at most borderline-offensive. (The $599 pricetag alone could raise […]
Here’s a DIY topic you don’t see covered often – Have you ever touched those gummy buttons on an old Sony Betacam recorder? Ever admired this warm glow beneath the play-button? Ever wanted to add some of these to your own do-it-yourself projects, only to find you can’t buy them nowhere? well here’s a cheap […]
