new instrument available: ambrazier

[peter <pete@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello, this may be of interest to you:
  the ambrazier combines 8bit digidelays, chaotic analog synthesizers,
and leather to make a unique
synthesizer/sampler/surgeon/deconstructor...  it provides a unique mode
of interaction with sound, by dynamically (allowing anything from light
layering to heavy punching-in) inserting it into three digital buffers. 
The digital buffers themselves syncronize to each other; they can play
at different period lengths while still interlocking.  The ambrazier is
a professional instrument: it provides a low-noise mic preamp and a line
in, along with three colorful analog synthesizer modules (chaotic
oscillator, resonant sawtooth, and bit noise).  The instrument is
finished in fine leather (secondhand purchased from furniture factories)
not for kitsch, but for utility: the surface is warm and soft, and the
buttons are simple nipples formed into it.
  check http://www.shinkoyo.com/ambrazier for details and sound files.  
  one ambrazier is currently available on ebay as a fundraiser for peter
b's shinth project (http://www.rainbowrandom.net/shinth).  These
"shinths" are instruments without interface- collections of undescribed
circuits on a circuit board, built for circuit benders.  Bidding on the
ambrazier at ebay will help finish their construction and organize a
nationwide tour of circuit benders:
  http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2558483532

thanks a lot!
-peter b

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