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Intuitive Instruments (formally Dualo) Kickstarter campaign to fund production of the Exquis expressive MPE controller has blown past its funding goal, doubling its original target, with 12 days to go.

 

The Exquis is a hexagonal isomorphic keyboard controller, with MIDI In/Out, CV/Gate out for controlling analog gear, and a variety of configurable controls.

 

Exquis features 54 expressive pads, 4 clickable endless knob controllers, a touch slider and 6 configurable buttons. The pads give you continuous per-note control over pressure and pitch.

 

The Exquis application – available for Windows, Mac OS, iOS, Android, Linux an Raspberry Pi OS – is designed to be the perfect companion for the keyboard, as well as a MIDI-compatible DAW.

 

Exquis is available to project backers starting at about $155.

*Note that crowdfunded projects involve risk, which is documented at the project site.

 

At Synthplex 2022, Noise Engineering introduced two new modules:

 

• Xer Dualis is a 6hp stereo mixer; and
• Sinc Pravus is a 4hp configurable offset.

 

Xer Dualis is a compact four-channel stereo mixer.

 

You can use the individual left and right inputs for your stereo signals, or just the left input for a mono signal: it normals to the right one. Each channel has a mute and an individual level control so you can fine-tune your mix to your taste.

Xer Dualis’s stereo output pair features a simple meter and a clip indicator to help keep your mix clean.

 

Key Features:

 

• 6 HP
• Stereo mixer
• Switch mutes
• Clip indicator
• Great size for any system

 

Noise Engineering says that Xer Dualis is a great choice whether you need a submixer for a large system or an easy way to mix all the elements of a portable case together.

Preorders are open now. In stock in black and silver. Shipping from Noise Engineering and retailers starting November 3, 2022. MSRP $170

Noise Engineering describes the Sinc Pravus as “a workhorse of a quad offset in 4hp”.

 

Sometimes you have the perfect CV signal, but it’s just not in the right range. Enter Sinc Pravus. Each of Sinc Pravus’s four channels are controlled by a dedicated potentiometer with an LED for monitoring signal outputs. The input Jacks are normaled from top to bottom, so it can offset the same signal by different amounts or simply act as a mult.

You can use the back-panel switch to configure Sinc Pravus’s offset range to either ±5 or ±10 volts. With nothing patched to the inputs, the channels can be used as DC-voltage generators, especially useful for controlling multiple CV destinations with a single parameter.

Key Features:

• 4HP
• Configurable range for either ±5 or ±10 volts of offsetting
• Use normaled inputs to mult signals or offset one signal by different amounts

Preorders are open now. In stock in black and silver. Shipping from Noise Engineering and retailers starting November 3, 2022; MSRP $140

 

 

 

Electronica Fest brings experimental electronic sound to DC area this November 5.

 

Electronica Fest is a day-long celebration of electronic music performances and educational workshops, returns this Saturday, November 5 – 12pm to 9pm.

 

After a two-year COVID hiatus, the festival is at a new location this year in Hunt Valley, Maryland, at the Computer Museum at System Source. Admission is $10, which also includes admission to the Computer Museum.

 

Musical performances and educational workshops:

 

ElectronicaFest is November 5 at the Computer Museum at System Source, 338 Clubhouse Rd, Hunt Valley, MD 21031.

The festival features live performances from local musicians Beau Finley, Chaka Benson, Frank Vanaman, GHI, Jeff Brown, KEVSAB, Northwoods, Novparolo, Planck Epoch, Spooky Action, Synthtech Project, Tag Cloud, and and Twyyngyllyngs. ElectronicaFest will conclude this year with an evening performance by headliner Don Slepian.

 

ElectronicaFest Schedule:

12noon – GHI (Greg Kist and Hal Schmulowitz)

12:40 – Planck Epoch (Eduardo Cervantes and Dave Vosh)

1:20 – Frank Vanaman

2:00 – Novparolo (Bev Stanton and Winston Psmith)

2:40 – Spooky Action (Rick Kowlaski)

3:20 – Beau Finley

4:00 – Jeff Brown

4:40 – Northwoods (Charlie Kramer)

5:20 – Synth Tech Project (Logan Mitchell Sr.)

6:00 – Kevsab (Joe Wall and Rimas Campe)

6:40 – Chaka Benson

7:20 – Tag Cloud (Chris Videll)

8:00 – Twyndyllyng (Bill Fox and Howard Moscowitz)

8:40 – 9:30 – Don Slepian

 

Educational workshops will include ‘Programming in ChucK’, a program for real-time sound synthesis and music creation, and ‘MIDI programming with Plogue Bidule’, a cross-platform modular music software application. There will also be a Jam Room at the festival where attendees can plug in and play between sets throughout the day, as well as take advantage of the opportunity to tour the computer museum that organizers say “is worth the trip itself.”

 

ElectronicaFest got its start in 2009 with the support of the National Electronics Museum (NEM), who sponsored that first event at their facility in Linthicum Maryland. The success of that first festival earned ElectronicaFest a slot on the annual NEM event calendar that would continue for the next ten years. The last live ElectronicaFest was held at the NEM in 2019. Due to COVID and a changing relationship with the owner of the space, the museum is now slated to close in 2023 and a new home for the hundreds of historically-significant exhibits is currently being sought. As a way of saying ‘thank you’ for the NEM’s past support of ElectronicaFest, this year’s show is a fundraiser to assist in NEM’s relocation activities. For more details, check out ElectronicaFest on Facebook.