Dato Duo - the synth you can enjoy with your dog

[BJG145]

OK so actually it's for kids, not dogs, but I'm sure a well-trained dog could also operate it if you left it on the carpet.



It came up in the net after today's trawl for eBay gadgets, and at that price it might be worth a punt. Andrew Huang made a banging track out of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-dLQoS5XEQ

[Eddy Deegan]

That's rather impressive... a very cool idea, and well executed too.

[Martin Walker]

Nicely designed - with a bit of a Dr. Who feel methinks

Martin

[tea for two]

All synths should be like this

[Arpangel]

I looked at these, but can’t you put a synth in anything? it’s all getting a bit like, how different can we be. I’m after one of these....

https://ciat-lonbarde.net/plumbutter/index.html

Or these...

http://ciat-lonbarde.net/deerhorn/index.html

[Martin Walker]

I looked at these, but can’t you put a synth in anything? it’s all getting a bit like, how different can we be. I’m after one of these....

https://ciat-lonbarde.net/plumbutter/index.html

Or these...

http://ciat-lonbarde.net/deerhorn/index.html

I have a US friend who owns some Ciat-Lonbarde gear, and he loves it!

I must admit that its wood design appeals to me too

Martin

[Drew Stephenson]

I looked at these, but can’t you put a synth in anything? it’s all getting a bit like, how different can we be.

I think the thing about the DUO is that it's designed to be played by two people.
Which i think is quite a nice way of spicing things up.

[Arpangel]

I looked at these, but can’t you put a synth in anything? it’s all getting a bit like, how different can we be.

I think the thing about the DUO is that it's designed to be played by two people.
Which i think is quite a nice way of spicing things up.

That’s an interesting one, make an instrument that can "only" be played by two people.

[Arpangel]

I looked at these, but can’t you put a synth in anything? it’s all getting a bit like, how different can we be. I’m after one of these....

https://ciat-lonbarde.net/plumbutter/index.html

Or these...

http://ciat-lonbarde.net/deerhorn/index.html

I have a US friend who owns some Ciat-Lonbarde gear, and he loves it!

I must admit that its wood design appeals to me too

Martin

I’m not sure about this, I’m torn, I can see the potential, but it’s so painfully different in a very self conscious way, like a lot of off-the-shelf experimental gear right now, which is sort of a contradiction in terms, experiments are normally done with stuffy you can’t buy, that you have to make yourself.
Mind you, there is a lot of very interesting stuff out there, the Soma stuff, I really like that Pulsar 23 that’s very tempting.

[BJG145]

That’s an interesting one, make an instrument that can "only" be played by two people.

Yes, considering that coupling is one of the main drivers of human existence it's perhaps surprising there aren't more things made for two. Apart from the obvious, there's tandems, and...was there anything else...?

A while ago I came across a weird and wonderful concept synth that was designed for two people sitting opposite; I think it was some kind of dual ribbon controller, but I haven't been able to find it again yet.

The musical tandem...that can be your next Kickstarter Arpangel. You might want to incorporate strange noises and electrical fields in it also.

[BJG145]

A while ago I came across a weird and wonderful concept synth that was designed for two people sitting opposite; I think it was some kind of dual ribbon controller, but I haven't been able to find it again yet.

...this just popped up on some random YouTube suggestion or something. It's called the "Collidoscope". Here it is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XMfKYVu_fg

[Drew Stephenson]

I have no idea what it is or how it works but I want to play on one!

[BJG145]

I have no idea what it is or how it works but I want to play on one!

You'll have to build it first...

https://code.soundsoftware.ac.uk/projec ... llidoscope

[Martin Walker]

Same here - I can't think of a more direct way to have a real-time collaboration

Martin