I hope I haven’t become too obsessed with guitar hero knock-offs and derivatives lately, but this project seemed too fascinating to ignore. http://www.thereminhero.com/ Theremin hero seems to adapt the theremin to function as a controller for guitar hero. The volume antenna controls the note trigger and the pitch antenna controls the note value. If you [...]
… and realistic controllers. The game features new instruments, including an octave and half keyboard and a 17-fret guitar w/ six strings. I’m not going to wax and wane philosophical about whether this is good or bad for music. If it’s a fun game, I think the creators have done good work, but with rumors [...]
It always amazes me how Daedelus can be so immersed in the popular electronic music scene and still produce wild soundscapes like this. Daedelus “Righteous Fists of Harmony” from DestroyRockMusic Inc. on Vimeo. The concept is a soundtrack for the boxer rebellion. From brainfeeder: After seventy years of China’s opium-related subjugation by Queen Victoria and [...]
This video provides a wonderful description of an early sampling based instrument. Every sound was recorded on a tape track and played in sync with the other track. The keys appear to control the tape heads. The instrument has since appeared on an impressive list of popular recordings for such a novel instrument.