Can’t Afford The Synthesiser Of Your Dreams? Draw It Instead

Can’t Afford The Synthesiser Of Your Dreams? Draw It Instead


You spend days at work in the studio, cranking out track after track with your trusty MIDI controller. On a whim, you decide you’re tired of using it, so you wad it up into a ball, throw it away, and draw a new one. Wait, what? Yeah, SketchSynth will someday make this a reality.

Created by Carnegie Mellon student Billy Keyes, Co.Design says that SketchSynth uses a webcam to detect shapes, and a projector to generate the interactive elements. In its current form you an create buttons, toggles and sliders by drawing circles, rectangles and lines, respectively.

And as awesome a this already looks, it’s still in its infancy. There’s plenty of room for improvement and added features. Maybe someday we’ll be drawing 10-string guitars or something absurd like that. [SketchSynth via Co.Design]


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