While there may indeed be a retro appeal to analog instant cameras, digital cameras do certainly make some things easier. Polaroid has decided to combine the two – sort of – in the form of the smartphone-controlled OneStep+.
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Augmented reality can bring a book to life by pointing a smartphone or tablet camera at coded objects on a page and viewing the results on the smart device's screen. Magik Book has created its own spin with brochures that sync with a tablet and launch digital content when a page is turned.
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IK Multimedia has unveiled the UNO Synth, its first hardware synthesizer. The monophonic synth is battery-powered for music creation on the go, invites novice sonic scientists with 100 ready-to-go presets and promises capable musicians an inexpensive "real analog synth with professional sound."
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Some audiophiles will tell you that the only way to enjoy music listening with analog master tape audio quality is to do so using a reel-to-reel tape machine. Audio engineer Kostas Metaxas agrees and has announced a new "kinetic art object" that happens to record and play analog tape.
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There's no denying that some synthesizers can be very pricey monsters, but there are quite a few that you can carry around in your pocket. Now the UK's WS Audio has developed a synth in a USB stick, which is claimed to be the world's smallest analog synthesizer.
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For some photographers, there's still nothing like shooting on 35mm film. It was with this in mind that photographer Laurence Von Thomas created the Reflex. According to him, it's "the first newly designed manual SLR system in over 25 years" – and it has a few interesting tricks up its sleeve.
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Part of Roland's Boutique Series, the SE-02 monophonic analog synthesizer represents the first collaboration with select synth makers for its new Designer Series sound machines. And Roland has worked with analog synth veterans Studio Electronics for the first out of the gate.
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The automat offers laptop or smartphone tunesmiths the opportunity to create something distinctly analog. A control box acts as the go-between for MIDI software and a bunch of bashers and beaters that can be placed near such things as plastic boxes, metal balls or glass jars to sound the melody.
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Dreadbox turned a few e-music heads when the paraphonic Erebus was released in 2015, with a diverse feature set and ear-pleasing tones that also managed to charm many industry pundits. The company is hoping to repeat that success with its first polyphonic synthesizer, the Abyss.
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More and more, electronic instruments like synthesizers and drum machines have been nudging their way into a DJ's sonic arsenal. Pioneer DJ has collaborated with Dave Smith Instruments to create another tool for music producers, a monophonic synthesizer named the Toraiz AS-1.
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