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Brand new originally Kickstarter backed, Hyve Touch Synthesizer, Premium version. The premiums were the highest level of backing, and the premium Hyves were crafted, constructed, tested, and tuned by the instrument’s creator before being shipped out. They also ship/shipped with a custom case and power supply. This one is brand new and ready to tap into another dimension.
Premium Edition
Skot Wiedmann, the instrument’s creator/designer
I have teamed up with local woodworker Jeff Nardoni to develop a handcrafted hardwood enclosure. Hyve Synth Premium has a walnut back that looks and feels wonderful. This instrument comes to you ready to play and requires no assembly or tuning.
This is a soft padded neoprene mini gig bag. It is the perfect size for your Hyve and battery pack, and has enough extra room for ear buds or small headphones.
Hyve Touch Synthesizer is a fun, expressive musical instrument that anyone can make and play. It responds to human touch, even your slightest finger movements give you powerful control. Turning these gestures into sound allows you to play music like never before.
Expressive touch, analog synth
Slide your fingers across the surface to explore new ways to touch sound. It’s a 60-voice polyphonic analog synthesizer that is controlled by pressure, horizontal, and vertical movements of each finger on the surface. Even the smallest wiggle of your finger makes the sound come alive, giving expression to the music you make.
Explore and harmonize
Notes on the Hyve are arranged so that you can easily explore harmonies and tone combinations with small movements of your finger.
The bottom half is arranged like a piano keyboard. Each key senses pressure, vertical position, and horizontal position. Moving vertically allows you to sweep through octaves and harmonically combine them into evolving tones. Horizontal movements push the sound right and left in stereo. Touching the bottom row causes a pressure-controlled pitch bend.
The top half uses a hexagon grid to put notes that sound good together right next to each other. Every adjacent note is harmonically related: straight up is a perfect 5th, up to the right is a major 3rd, and up to the left is a minor 3rd. This means that one finger can play a chord and slide to the next chord in the song. Each hexagon also senses pressure and horizontal position like the bottom half.
How do I play it?
The Hyve was designed to be immediate and accessible. You don't need to know anything to start touching sound.
1. Plug in power and headphones
2. Touch the surface
3. Slide and explore
Hands on, educational experience
Learning through doing is a powerful way to inspire a lifelong curiosity for STEAM fields. Hyve combines tech and arts concepts into a tactile playground for sound.
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