Hesperides Mobile Synthesis Platform
A project in Portland, OR by Altered State Machines000days
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Portable handheld drum machine and synthesizer platform, served in a game controller form factor, by Altered State Machines.
Backers: 13
Average Pledge Per Backer: $223
Funded: $2,905 of $5,500
Dates: Oct 15th -> Nov 14th (31 days)
Project By: Altered State Machines
Backers: 13
Average Pledge Per Backer: $223
Funded: $2,905 of $5,500
Dates: Oct 15th -> Nov 14th (31 days)
Project By: Altered State Machines
$2,905
current pledge level
Last Updated: November 14 @ 16:15 -0500 GMT
52%
of goal
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Latest News
Mug and T Shirt Art 
November 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Here's Kat's awesome new mug and t-shirt art. Thanks everyone for your support! Ed (Read More)
"Bloop" drum
November 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello everyone! Here's a demo of the new virtual-analog "Bloop" drum voice. It bears some similarity to a modular-synthesizer analog FM, the basic pitch of an oscillator (Sine, Triangle, Saw, or Square) can be modulated by your choice of Saw, Square,... (Read More)
Sample rate reduction
November 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Quick little demo of the sample-rate reduction on the Klang drum. We're overlapping a synthetic Klang kick with a sample rate reduced high frequency detuned Klang with a short release envelope. (Read More)
Klang Drum demo
November 10th - via: kickstarter.com
We added a new synthetic drum style we're calling"Klang." Thank you for your support! If you have thoughts or questions we'd love to hear them in the comments. Ed (Read More)
Video demo with deeper phase distortion parameters
November 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Here's Jesse showing off the range of the phase distortion voice. In other news, we're working on the first synthetic drum sound, a kick, which if pitched up becomes everyone's favorite "pew pew" sound. Ed (Read More)
Video demo of phase distortion, midi sequencing, multi-bar patterns.
November 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Jesse's jam on the Hesperides from this morning. Featured are the new phase distortion voice, MIDI note sequencing from a computer through the TRS-A connection, MIDI clock sync, and drum machine pattern chaining. Questions about what we're showing... (Read More)
MIDI
November 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Just a quick update, we've got MIDI clock working, and MIDI note-on/note-off although my task for today is tracking down a stuck-note bug. Ed (Read More)
Mug and T Shirt Art
October 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello everyone, Happy to share that the talented Kat will be taking time out of her busy schedule to make custom t shirt and mug art. With her permission we'll also be offering the synth eating cat sticker in a mug form, and the plugged-in bunny from... (Read More)
Phase Distortion now in firmware, thoughts on a hardware business model
October 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello everyone, Here's a quick update on software progress, and a few thoughts on the business model. Phase DistortionWe've added Phase Distortion synthesis to the firmware, expect a demo video soon. Phase distortion is neat because it allows for a... (Read More)
Received the first batch of cases today.
October 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to Bearded Boy Design in Portland. They did an excellent job as always. Reverse side has half-depth holes to account for through-hole leads from bottom printed circuit board. PS. Thanks to everyone who has backed the project thus far! Jesse... (Read More)
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