00:00So we're here on the Playtronica booth. This is Sasha. Hello, Sasha. Hi. Hello.
00:05You've got Orbiter here, which is, well, it just looks like a really cool Connect4 slash turntable slash magnetic thing, and it does lots of cool stuff.
00:17So, well, please talk us through it.
00:19All right. So originally the idea was to make a sequencer from colors, and that was, this device was the first prototype.
00:30It's basically RGB sensor that gets information from color and turns it into MIDI.
00:37But later on we had this idea to make a turntable, and here it is.
00:42So we have four tracks, which can be assigned to different elements, different instruments, hardware or software.
00:50We can also use applications, online websites, but most of all it works with colors, and for us it's a very important instrument, so to say, medium,
01:01because with color we can create melodies and rhythms without even thinking about the, you know, notation and stuff like that.
01:10So this idea, as you see, it resonates also.
01:15We made a podcast episode, it's called Seeing Sound, where we talk with different people about this idea of synesthesia and combining sound and music.
01:27So let's try it.
01:32Yeah, go for it. Show us how it all works.
01:40So now we're in ambient mood, so these two, these two tracks, they go to this recent composer from 80s, you have the sound, and this is the ambient bells, and this is as well high frequency toy piano coming from Ableton, but let's play.
02:10So, that's a bell track, right?
02:35Right, and now we go with some rhythm.
02:37And adding some pad sounds.
02:59This should be in one tone, so it's a...
03:03If colors are matching, that means they're the same notes, which means I can do chords and combinations.
03:18Let's do some chords.
03:20And some melody.
03:34Melody's here.
03:35So, this is the prototype, and here we have...
03:50The look how the product will be in a half a year, hopefully.
03:58So, this is the final prototype.
04:00It's slightly smaller, a little bit heavier, it's a much more nicer surface to spin, good magnets, and the PCB, which would be changeable, so you can work with colors, with graphics, with the stand-alone synthesizer, so there are quite many options.
04:20And I notice on this one, you've got more of a grid pattern to the platter, as it were.
04:29I suppose that's to help people with, if they want to be a bit more driven into 4-4 and all this sort of business.
04:37It's not even to be driven to 4-4, it's just to have pleasure while taking first steps, because working without grid is very good for professional users, but if you're first to the music, you're kind of feeling this balance, not rhythmical parts, so, yeah.
04:58More of a guide, just to get you on the right track.
05:01Yeah, so then you just quantize it, but quantize it physically, by moving your fingers on the plate, and putting everything accurate.
05:11We used to say, what looks good, that sounds good.
05:14Nice, I like that.
05:15Yeah, that works.
05:16Well, Sascha, thank you so much.
05:17Yeah, thank you.
05:19I understand it's coming up for a Kickstarter campaign soon?
05:22Yeah, exactly.
05:22Where will that start?
05:22In the next month, in October, we'll announce the date on the orbit of Leitronica.com.
05:29We'll look out for that.
05:30Thank you so much for the demo, and I hope you have a great show.
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