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We'll admit that sometimes it doesn't take much to get our engines
running here at Engadget HQ. If you can throw a couple of knobs,
exposed circuitry, a 9v battery, and a sense of adventure into a semi-
coherent package, we'll be pleased as punch. The SuONIO synthesizer,
therefore, makes us very happy indeed.
SuONOIO is the band of former Nine Inch Nails keyboardist Alessandro
Cortini, and SuONOIO is a pint-sized slab of silicon that comes
bundled with a digital copy of the band's latest album. Delivered
bubble-wrapped in a hand-stamped cardboard box -- if you've ever had
the pleasure of unboxing an Arduino kit, you'll know the feeling --
it's pre-loaded with two banks of samples that were used to create the
album.
Although it's a sample-based instrument, it's the user's job to create
new noise using an array of jumper-activated effects and mixing
techniques. It's not quite as expansive as an MPC, but as any good
experimentalist knows, there's a lot to be gleaned from limitations
and new interface paradigms.
Read on for our impressions of the noisebox and a tour of its inner
workings!
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