New Chromatic Keyboard Foot Controller from Keith McMillen
12 Step is a new Chromatic Keyboard Foot Controller from Keith McMillen Instruments.
The 12 Step controller has some interesting features:
- Plays up to 5 notes per key
- Polyphonic aftertouch and pitch bend
- Velocity sensitive response
- Carbon fiber construction
- Weighs 1 lb
It’s also relatively inexpensive, priced at $289
“Kokoni Iruno”- Musuki Aruvavo Lee & Yuichi Onoue
“Kokoni Iruno(I’m Here)”- Musuki Aruvavo Lee & Yuichi Onoue
“ここにいるの” by ムスキ・アルバボ・リー ＆ 尾上祐一
Written by Musuki Aruvavo Lee
Musuki Aruvavo Lee – Vocal , Guitar
Yuichi Onoue – Handmade Ribbon Controller
Live at Kouenji Muryoku-Muzenji on June 29th 2011
Special Thanks to Mr.Fujiemon(Austin Records)
高円寺無力無善寺におけるムスキ・アルバボ・リーと尾上祐一のデュオ演奏です。
More Musuki Aruvavo Lee’s Video
http://www.youtube.com/user/musukiaruba
DODECAUDION – preview
Brief and spontaneous preview of what you may expect from Dodecaudion – a spatial a/v controller based on infrared distance sensors, arduino, bluetooth, osc, processing and (in this case) reaktor5. Official video is going to be released in mid august and the premiere concert will follow shortly after 
It’s only a preview and there will be a lot of refinements in terms of sound design and instrument characteristics.
Dodecaudion is a project by panGenerator that’s
going to be released under HEDOCO brand.
Dodecaudion is totally open sourced:
> MIT license – source code.
> Creative Commons (probably CC BY-NC-SA) – form design, PCB layout & everything else.
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The noise making girl is Weronika Lewandowska
and she’ll perform in the official video as well.
Most recent news on the subject:
facebook.com/pangenerator
Karlax – wireless controller to re-establish the artist’s body
Karlax is the first wireless controller to re-establish the artist’s body at the heart of the Digital Arts performance. This instrument’s revolutionary ergonomic design uses the artist’s own natural movements for an unlimited freedom in the creation and artistic expression.
Eowave Ribbon Controller in the Dark
“We wanted to show the striking visual beauty of the Eowave Ribbon in a darkened environment, which makes it a drop dead show stopper!
In this video we are using the Eowave Ribbon to control a Dave Smith Instruments Evolver whose output is being processed by an Eventide Space.”
The all new Novation Impulse – Professional USB/MIDI controller keyboard
Impulse is a range of professional USB/MIDI controllers. They each have a precision keyboard and a full control surface powered by a brand new version of Novation’s Automap control software – Automap 4 (which makes getting hands-on with your DAW/plug-ins fast and simple). Impulse also has 8 back-lit drum pads which can warp arpeggios, roll beats and launch clips in Ableton live.
Impulse also comes with a stack of free software and sounds:
• Ableton Live Lite – powerful loop based music-making software
• Novation Bass Station – legendary analogue bass synth as a software plug-in
• Loopmasters sample library – over 1GB of royalty-free samples
• Mike The Drummer – 502MB of live drum loops and breaks
Some unique features:
- Aftertouch. Keybed quality is paramount for obvious reasons. What’s typically missing, for those who like it, is aftertouch support, available here.
- Full DAW control. Available on the Axiom but previously missing on Novation’s offering, you get 8 knobs, 9 faders and buttons, and an LCD for controlling your DAW. (Only one fader on the 25-key model, since all of that wouldn’t fit.
- Automap. It wouldn’t be a Novation keyboard without the company’s Automap feature. Whether that’s good or not depends on whether you like the functionality; I’ve tended to find it a bit fiddly at times, though the implementation with Propellerheads’ Reason is fantastic. (Hosts are a big part of the variable here.)
- Pads that do more. This one’s rather interesting: you get drum pads set up to do arpeggios, rolls, and Ableton Live clip launching. You could do that with any pads, but neat to see it on the keyboard, and I’m curious to learn more about the specific implementation.
Slide control fluidSynth out in october on Appstore
Slide control fluidsynth is a new application base on slide control and add a fantastic synth (fluid synth).
Fluidsynth is a sound font player, you can add any sound you want.
You can load 30 MB on iPad 1 and 230 MB on iPad 2!!
Wii Remote control Reaktor and Kore Player
http://youtu.be/yggx-JtxbTY
Nintendo Wii Remote control Native Instruments Reaktor and Kore Player on eeePC701 with Ubuntu 10.4 and Wine in real time.
NES controller to CV interface
Background info: We’re announcing a (yet-titled) module for eurorack…
a NES controller to eurorack modular synthesizer interface!
Core Features:
Socket for a NES controller
Dedicated gate outputs for
up, down, left, right, A, B
Turbo / Retrigger
A lovechild of classic game controller turbo, and “retrigger” (think: Machinedrum). Awesomely, it can be driven by gates from within the module, or any other external gate sources via patching.
One More Thing…
A sweet but yet-public feature that special stage designed, which will put the start and select buttons to use, and involve output of continuous non-gate signals
this is a collaborative design – the module’s functionality, personality, and balance are the result of our combined experience and brainstorming. furthermore special stage is doing the code and circuit design, and I’m doing panel design and layout.
we’re announcing in order to find out how many people are interested in this.
we’re both pretty busy, so it is entirely possible we’ll only do a single run of this and then call it a day.
if you want one, now is the time to let us know!
New M-Audio ultra-portable keyboard controller
Avid has announced the availability of the new M-Audio Keystation Mini 32ultra-portable keyboard controller, a 32-note, USB bus-powered keyboard controller designed for musicians on the go. Small enough to fit in a backpack, Avid say that this ultra-portable controller delivers unmatched playability in its class, with features including:
- 32 low-profile mini-keys, enabling musicians to play two-handed parts
- Highly musical velocity curves, allowing keyboard sensitivity customization to individual playing styles
- 4 assignable controls, including a knob, providing real-time control of DAW and virtual instrument functions
- USB bus-powered, plug-and-play connectivity including iPad compatibility (iPad Camera Connection Kit required; check specific apps to verify MIDI support)
Pricing and Availability:
Keystation Mini 32 is available from September in EMEA for £54.99 GBP / €63 EUR $99.95 MSRP in USA.
More information:
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