Research: Material Synthesizers (2013)
The following are a collection of synthesizers that use materials in interesting ways.
Sponge by Martin Marier
>> http://www.martinmarier.com/wp/?page_id=12
“In a subsequent version, the smoothing filters and the noise generators were simply removed and the result was much more convincing.”
>> http://nime2014.org/proceedings/papers/292_paper.pdf
Striso by Piers Titus van der Torren
Uses Velostat and silicone buttons for expressive pressing and manipulating of buttons.
>> http://www.toverlamp.org/
>> http://nime2014.org/proceedings/papers/442_paper.pdf
Circuit Stamping
>> http://luongbui.com/circuit-stamping-a-follow-up/
Thumber
Samchilian
>> http://www.samchillian.com/aboutsam.html
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbOIBIwg_E4
Fingerphone by Adrian Freed
A reworking of the Stylophone in conductive paper.
>> http://www.academia.edu/2153835/The_Fingerphone_a_Case_Study_of_Sustainable_Instrument_Redesign
Stretch Sensor Synth
>> http://itp.nyu.edu/~mdl425/wordpress/tech-craft/stretch-sensor-final/
Lara Grant: Felted Signal Processing
>> http://lara-grant.com/
>> http://www.fsp.fm/
