Musical Instrument Inventions

THE KALICHORD STRUM

The Kalichord Strum has been designed to designed to offer keyboardists an intuitive and expressive way to play rhythmic strumming parts in real time. The Kalichord Strum was a finalist in the 2016 Guthman Musical Instrument Competition.

The Kalichord Strum is a new musical instrument by inventor Dan Moses, designed to offer keyboardists an intuitive and expressive way to play rhythmic strumming parts in real time. The Kalichord Strum was a finalist in the 2016 Guthman Musical Instrument Competition.

TAHOE MICROPHONE

During my employment at Sennheiser, I have been lucky enough to be tech lead and interaction design lead on a project called "Tahoe", which is a microphone with MIDI controls embedded in it. The concept is simple - add buttons, faders, and motion sensors to a microphone. You can use the buttons for live looping, toggling effects, and even panning by pointint the mic (we embedded a gyro and accellerometer). You can see video of the Tahoe mic from NAMM 2011 here:

Eklips , l'incroyable Beatboxer français test le nouveau micro Sennheiser spécial Beatbox ! Eklips, the incredible French Beatboxer test the new Sennheiser microphone Beatbox Special! Eklips, la increíble prueba francesa Beatboxer el nuevo micrófono Sennheiser Especial Beatbox! Nouveau microphone Concept Tahoe avec loops , effets ... New Sennheiser microphone with loops, effects ...

http://www.overdubbing.com.br. New microphone concept showed at Namm 2011.

The Kalichord

"One of the best NIME's I've ever seen" - Perry Cook

The Kalichord is a hybrid electro-acoustic instrument, sort of a cross between a kalimba, kora, and accordian, you play basslines with your left hand and pluck virtual digital strings with your right hand. The Kalichord was a finalist in the 2010 Guthman Musical Instrument Competition. Read More

The Kalichord is a physically inspired electro-acoustic folk instrument using what the designers call the "busker," model, which is something that could be used by a street performer. This requires a simple, portable interface and the ability to play bass and melody parts at the same time.