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Casio’s expressive guitar strap controller was inspired by a chopstick case
Surprise! Casio has something unexpected — Dimension Shifter, a spring-powered expressive wireless controller that attaches to your guitar strap. And it was the invention of one employee, inspired by his kid’s school-lunch retracting chopstick and cutlery case.
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Must-listen: Claudia Khachan and Ziad Moukarzel in musical dialogue
Have you ever, half-asleep, felt a melody drift with ease through your brain, humming with electricity, only to lose it again? In The Vapornet, Claudia Khachan and Ziad Moukarzel mind-meld in a collaboration that makes that moment come alive.
Landscape’s Ferrous, an electro-mechanical resonator for strings
In collaboration with SF builder and experimental sound artist Victoria Shen, Ferrous from Landscape is a “Spinning Magnetic String Resonator.” It works by making a disc with magnets whirl around, activating strings on various instruments.
Peter Kirn - May 16, 2024
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Any level, including guitars, in Eurorack: Nive Grad level shifter
Peter Kirn - November 20, 2023
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MOD Devices made a guitar synth you can actually play like a synth – so your guitar is the CV
Peter Kirn - May 24, 2022
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