Roger Linn (who designed the LinnDrum way back in the day) demonstrates his new multitouch instrument prototype:
My particular interest is in a new instrument that while capable of entirely new sounds and playing techniques, is also able to reproduce the sounds, virtuosic performance capabilities and subtleties that we’ve come to know and love from traditional musical instruments, but without all their problems and limitations.
Learn more about the LinnStrument at Roger Linn Design
This post was originally published by Tony Wallace at Heuristic Music on May 10, 2009.
While experimenting with synthesizers controlled by my iPhone via OpenSoundControl (OSC), I have had the opportunity to test several OSC apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch. None of the apps are perfect (although a few come really close), but none of them are bad, either. Rather, each has a particular set of strengths and weaknesses that will make them suitable for different situations.
This post was originally published by Tony Wallace at Heuristic Music on May 6, 2009.
Here is video of a synthesizer I designed in Native Instruments Reaktor that is controlled by Open Sound Control (OSC) data sent from an iPhone or iPod Touch. The iPhone in this video is running TouchOSC to convert accelerometer and touch screen movements into OSC data.
I would be happy to post more information about the design of this synthesizer. If you have any questions, please contact me or leave your comments below.
Download the Reaktor ensemble.
Click here to watch this video on YouTube.
Both the video and Reaktor ensemble are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Canada License.
