When you thought you’ve seen all of world’s musical instruments, Artiphon launches an innovative multi instrument built around the iPhone 5.
Artiphon’s creation is probably the one instrument to rule them all, since it can emulate the sound of guitars, keyboards, violins and banjos. Unlike many accessories for the iPhone, this ...
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Ever dreamed of composing music simply by doing certain gestures with your hands? Then Machina’s MIDI controller jacket is exactly what you need, provided that 1. it will ever get mass-produced and 2. you have the funds to buy it.
Using gestures to create music isn’t really a new concept, but ...
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Music making apps for the iPad are ten-a-penny, but when it's the brainchild of a super-producer like Brian Eno, you have to take notice. Scape is the third of his collaborations with Peter Chilvers after Bloom and Trope, an app that lets you generate ambient music with Eno's own sounds on a colorful, conceptual interface. Unlike standard beats'n'loops setups, each sound is tied to a series of rules -- including the time of day -- that ensures the tunes you create never play the same way twice. It's available from iTunes for $5.99 / £3.99, and who knows, maybe in a few years time, Coldplay'll come calling for your professional expertise.
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iTunes | Email this | Comments Hackers love to take kids’ toys and cheap gadgets and turn them into electronic noisemakers using a technique long referred to as “circuit bending.” Usually you find something like a mutant Furby or maybe an Atari joystick – or a combo. But here we have Pixar’s Mr. Incredible – looking quite svelte these days. Oh, and he has a massive erection.
The warped mind of Olaf Ladousse took this once innocent Mr. Incredible phone and turned it into an electronic plaything – where you have to play with Mr. Incredible’s potentiometer-enhanced junk to make Lo-fi sounds. What kind of sounds? Well, press play on the video below (and turn the volume down if you don’t want to blow out your eardrums.)
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If you’re a real freak and want to add this to your collection of weird and rude toys, head on over to Etsy, where you can grab it for $99 (USD).
Onyx Ashanti has sent us over a demo of his beatjazz controller, and we have to marvel at the direction he's taken with this custom electronic music machine following more modest efforts. Onyx's 3D-printed interface receives inputs from a voice / breath-operated synth in the headgear, while the two handheld controls incorporate accelerometers, joysticks and pressure-sensitive buttons. Using this kit and his own software, Onyx is able to create live digital music with an amount of control you would only expect from desktop-based production software. We've embedded two videos for your attention after the break -- a demo of his latest flashy build complete with lightsaber-like effects, and an earlier live performance that really shows what the beatjazz controller can do.
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Onyx Ashanti's beatjazz music machine does everything, looks good too (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Aug 2012 17:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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