Machinecollective Readies New DIY Controllers

The Machinecollective, a new initiative by XNDR Industries, is readying an array of new MIDI controller parts for enthusiastic Do It Yourselfer’s who want to develop their own interfaces. XNDR, a small multidisciplinary design studio from The Netherlands, reveals that “the project is all about physical computing, hardware prototyping, (remote) personal manufacturing, human/machine interaction and control surface...

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Jorg Piringer Reveals speakingObject – Accelerometer-Controlled Vocal Synthesizer

Jörg Piringer has invented the speakingObject, a hand-held, synthesizer that is controlled using two buttons and a three-axis accelerometer. Piringer reveals, “during my 11 days at STEIM i did a working prototype of the second incarnation of the “speakingObject” (no better title still). it’s basically a vocal synthesizer controlled by two buttons and a three axis accelerometer. it works without a computer....

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