I’ll be performing the second iteration of Apophenia at HackPhilly on Friday April 27th as part of Philly Tech Week. Apophenia explores the phenomena of how we experience patterned order out of randomness. The effect is often explored by “ghost hunters” who use electronic tools to find patterns in the environment around us, and explore

I’ve gotten SO MUCH support from the Kickstarter for the oneString, that I’ve taken some time out to play the thing and create a demo video of what it can do. This little controller is really starting to become a VERY expressive instrument! Some more info about this video: The setup is using various free

As part of the oneString Kickstarter, I’ve just released the first demo video of the oneString controller. Ribbon & pressure sensor -> arduino -> USB(MIDI) -> OSX or WIN -> synth software. It looks like kits are going to land in the $50-$100 range depending on the sensor setup you choose. I’m using the Kickstarter

I’ve been stewing on an open source ribbon controller for a while now. (spoiler HERE) On investigation, it turns out that there’s very little in the market that is under $200 AND does USB. (and I’d always prefer <$100!) If you’re into 5-pin MIDI, check out the Coagula controller,  it’s killer and has an awesome

After a long wait, it looks like there is enough interest to do one last run of Bliptronome Bliptronic 5000 conversion kits. Despite the onset of the Launchpad it seems there are still folks interested in looking under the hood, or having something with analog knobs and a more portable footprint. I’ll be accepting pre-orders

Despite the resounding lack of interest in the Bliptronome of late and my recent move to coal country, I’ve continued on with some new ideas and have been hacking away at some new electronics projects.  Most recently I’ve been working with a set of interesting rf based circuits which monitor unused portions of the radio

James Bernard of Propellerhead fame posted a VERY straight-forward video on integrating controllers like the Bliptronome into Reason! If Reason is your center, and you’re wondering how to get started with the Bliptronome and its cohorts, this video is a great place to start. For those that aren’t into soldering and building a Bliptronome from

Here is the first sample video from my new MIDIo firmware: VidByter! This will be available for MIDIo owners on a swappable program chip (the 8-pin one), so that now your MIDIo board can run the ANSI firmware or the new VidByter firmware. The new firmware works with custom software for MAC/WIN & LINUX, whcih

For those who’ve wondered why my development time has dimmed down a bit; I also do interactive exhibition and gallery work. I’ve spent the past several months creating a new line of “BreathPrints” for exhibition this Friday through Halloween. These are part of my series of interactive images that only appear when the viewer breathes

Many folks ask me for ideas on how to case the various kits on my site. Hal of eptheca sends along news of his latest creation: a beautifully cased YM_MINI with an accompanying keyboard controller. He has squeezed the whole synth into a classic Atari mouse including an original handling of the usb cable converted