Synthesizer "Ototo" to convert anything connected to vegetables, people, balloons, etc. to instruments

Without complicated process of soldering and coding, synthesizer which can easily make everything an instrument simply by connecting it to people, food, inorganic matter is "Ototo"is.

Dentaku
http://dentakulondon.com/

Ototo: Make Music from Anything by Dentaku - Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/905018498/ototo-make-music-from-anything

You can check how Ototo converts various kinds of vegetables, minerals, people, etc. into musical instruments from the following movies.


Ototo is a synthesizer equipped with 12 touch keyboard sensors and 4 input sensors, speaker, 3.5 mm audio terminal, microUSB terminal, 128 Mbit flash memory and so on. In addition to USB charging, you can also move with two AA batteries.


Although it is very easy to understand when viewing a movie, Ototo does not need to write soldering or writing a code, and it is possible to make anything an instrument by connecting an alligator clip to a thing that passes electricity.


I made a guitar ...


Something like saxophone.


It is also possible to connect it to an eggplant to make it an instrument.


Other vegetables.


Disk made of aluminum foil.


water.


Fan.


Others, making a musical instrument using balloons etc from below.

Ototo meets ECAL - A workshop with Mark McKeague (Dentaku) on Vimeo


Even without expert knowledge, you can make many instruments just by connecting with various things.


Even children can make it.


Each of the four input sensors can adjust pitch and loudness, and two of the four can change the texture of the sound.


Moreover, seven sensors are made separately from the main body, and connecting a sensor to Ototo makes it possible to create more diverse music. BelowPotentiometer"Rotation" that plays the role of


"Light" whose sound changes according to the amount of light hits


Another potentiometer "Slider". As its name suggests, you can change the sound by sliding it.


"Touch Strip" which changes the sound by sliding your finger on the sensor


"Force" which can change the sound according to how strongly it is pressed is a sensor that can be played by dancing by charging it in shoes.


"Breath" changes the sound as it breathes strongly


"Joystick" used like a game's analog stick can control two sounds at once.


Besides synthesizers at OtotosamplerThere is also a function, the open source software currently being developed, the source code will be released after the development is over.


You can also use it as a MIDI controller by connecting to PC or iOS device with USB.

Ototo with Ableton and sensors - YouTube


OtotoYURI SUZUKIWithMark McKeagueFounded in 2013 by Mr.DentakuProducts of the company. Currently, investment is being recruited by Kickstarter of the cloud funding platform, and it has already succeeded in collecting more than $ 60,000 (about 6.1 million yen) at the target amount of 50,000 dollars (about 5.1 million yen) It is. With the investment of 45 dollars (about 4,600 yen), you can get Ototo main body and 12 crocodile clip, manual with illustration by illustration, when shipping outside the UK will cost $ 5 ( About 510 yen) is necessary. Shipping will be scheduled for June in 2014.


The deadline is 4 am on March 3, 2014.

Ototo: Make Music from Anything by Dentaku - Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/905018498/ototo-make-music-from-anything