https://silhouettesynthesizer.cargo.site silhouette-synthesizer.de Wed, 29 Jan 2025 16:18:35 +0000 https://silhouettesynthesizer.cargo.site en https://silhouettesynthesizer.cargo.site/home Sun, 07 May 2023 14:08:14 +0000 silhouette-synthesizer.de https://silhouettesynthesizer.cargo.site/home enter the world of Silhouette Synthesizers <img width="124" height="124" width_o="124" height_o="124" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d95e77129dd4cb127cf63ece550f580a107730c799e7b8f1b3169f3a878b77b7/1fow1w3w.png" data-mid="232975111" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/124/i/d95e77129dd4cb127cf63ece550f580a107730c799e7b8f1b3169f3a878b77b7/1fow1w3w.png" /> ︎︎︎ https://silhouettesynthesizer.cargo.site/SILHOUETTE-SPORT Wed, 29 Jan 2025 16:18:35 +0000 silhouette-synthesizer.de https://silhouettesynthesizer.cargo.site/SILHOUETTE-SPORT what is the Silhouette Sport? The SILHOUETTE SPORT is an innovative audiovisual synthesizer that transforms visuals and motion to sound and rhythm. The interdisciplinary approach liberates the inherent connection between various senses and actions like seeing, moving and listening. To play along these intersections wakes basic intuitions and leads to a widespread field of cross-sensual beauty, poetry and joy. <img width="4608" height="2592" width_o="4608" height_o="2592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/891344be38b9ec5158749719181e9b5b885aa7229309e058bac4c47d141a0501/IMG_20260626_183648.jpg" data-mid="249896595" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/891344be38b9ec5158749719181e9b5b885aa7229309e058bac4c47d141a0501/IMG_20260626_183648.jpg" /> The SPORT has a camera on board, and it is portable: Ready to search and find visuals in the outside world to play with - dance like. It can also load picture and movie files. The special "Vimpler" ("visual sampler") function closes the audiovisual circuit: Incoming audio gets transformed to a picture, ready for artistic sound resynthesis. <img width="4608" height="2592" width_o="4608" height_o="2592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a5d61c11daf24ab2b94142308c7048f5fe9725331ee7b6de8eb96e89da263d74/IMG_20260422_172443.jpg" data-mid="247530744" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a5d61c11daf24ab2b94142308c7048f5fe9725331ee7b6de8eb96e89da263d74/IMG_20260422_172443.jpg" /> The SPORT user interface has two main areas: 1. the (yellow) MEMory (to save and load user presets) 2. the LABratory (to edit sound patches) <img width="4608" height="2592" width_o="4608" height_o="2592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2d8599b47205f629adc762c4e2fd55d3ed15a07676cc6aaa3b670fbb83a2875f/IMG_20260626_145303.jpg" data-mid="249896567" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2d8599b47205f629adc762c4e2fd55d3ed15a07676cc6aaa3b670fbb83a2875f/IMG_20260626_145303.jpg" /> <img width="4608" height="2592" width_o="4608" height_o="2592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/293e2aa435dc170f87f4342f15f3f20ef00506d445aa860ee96934ca2e17bc44/IMG_20260626_182705.jpg" data-mid="249896480" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/293e2aa435dc170f87f4342f15f3f20ef00506d445aa860ee96934ca2e17bc44/IMG_20260626_182705.jpg" /> Each MEMory touch button shows an icon created by the paramater values of the sound patch. The SILHOUETTE SPORT is invented and build by German musician and artist Pit Przygodda, and it is the new smaller-in-size-and-prize sprout in the SILHOUETTE synthesizer family and joins the bigger SILHOUETTE EINS (2021). <img width="4608" height="2592" width_o="4608" height_o="2592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ca21c874880637c6a1bd6ec29809f1431c38788ecfe52161e02442a26e3190f8/IMG_20260422_172737.jpg" data-mid="247530737" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ca21c874880637c6a1bd6ec29809f1431c38788ecfe52161e02442a26e3190f8/IMG_20260422_172737.jpg" /> Hard and Software The SPORT uses a Raspberry Pi 4. The 9 encoders are mounted on PCBs connected to a frame, and being read by an Arduino. The monitor is a touchscreen. The Audio and MIDI interface is under construction. Several solutions are under discussion and testing. The housing is made of wood, the handholds left and right are solid steel. The Knobs are made of silver aluminium. The software is written under the Pure Data Environment. <img width="4608" height="2592" width_o="4608" height_o="2592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f7a7bde35057a8f10fe5d71f322d14cc37e9ee8fae1ea39bdcdd1c80cde76d8b/IMG_20260422_172543.jpg" data-mid="247531389" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f7a7bde35057a8f10fe5d71f322d14cc37e9ee8fae1ea39bdcdd1c80cde76d8b/IMG_20260422_172543.jpg" /> <img width="4608" height="2592" width_o="4608" height_o="2592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cec07552d1a49955742c44a2d707d41132973197b3219b05e57e10e1f4afa3cd/IMG_20260422_173105.jpg" data-mid="247531390" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cec07552d1a49955742c44a2d707d41132973197b3219b05e57e10e1f4afa3cd/IMG_20260422_173105.jpg" /><img width="4608" height="2592" width_o="4608" height_o="2592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/574c6261dacb40f8676060e51b9dfbf6ecfff9a22cfe9c8baed89513fa127b6c/IMG_20260422_172615.jpg" data-mid="247531391" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/574c6261dacb40f8676060e51b9dfbf6ecfff9a22cfe9c8baed89513fa127b6c/IMG_20260422_172615.jpg" /><img width="4608" height="2592" width_o="4608" height_o="2592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee8dd15b3d3392809d624485102e7970a918cb43bb7e68bab3ab4bbb36a537aa/IMG_20260422_172424.jpg" data-mid="247531396" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ee8dd15b3d3392809d624485102e7970a918cb43bb7e68bab3ab4bbb36a537aa/IMG_20260422_172424.jpg" /><img width="4608" height="3456" width_o="4608" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0326577aee89110fc6d9362b245d4e144edfcc32035f7fbc337789669ab3135e/IMG_20260422_113332.jpg" data-mid="247531406" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0326577aee89110fc6d9362b245d4e144edfcc32035f7fbc337789669ab3135e/IMG_20260422_113332.jpg" /><img width="4608" height="3456" width_o="4608" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/44a5e2efc40a79201cdf8cc47ec8440797e0fae0a9b0a9f1fe9f5236229f4f8a/IMG_20260422_113458.jpg" data-mid="247531410" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/44a5e2efc40a79201cdf8cc47ec8440797e0fae0a9b0a9f1fe9f5236229f4f8a/IMG_20260422_113458.jpg" /><img width="4608" height="3456" width_o="4608" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3431f3e6cb4cb48ef6b92b4e4c303019e512e54c805e052c7a4d0855769d43b2/IMG_20260422_114040.jpg" data-mid="247531398" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3431f3e6cb4cb48ef6b92b4e4c303019e512e54c805e052c7a4d0855769d43b2/IMG_20260422_114040.jpg" /><img width="4608" height="3456" width_o="4608" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f7b83f51afa99ff754f2798aa01e84b97835c8b15ec9ca42ab4718bd42816300/IMG_20260422_113919.jpg" data-mid="247531399" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f7b83f51afa99ff754f2798aa01e84b97835c8b15ec9ca42ab4718bd42816300/IMG_20260422_113919.jpg" /><img width="4608" height="3456" width_o="4608" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/132106adf111e8f5d94a11ab3e7529513005fd5ea7ad88985ab770074fa09562/IMG_20260422_113529.jpg" data-mid="247531403" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/132106adf111e8f5d94a11ab3e7529513005fd5ea7ad88985ab770074fa09562/IMG_20260422_113529.jpg" /> Technical Features - audiovisual sound synthesis ("Silhouette Synthesis") - visually created audio waves (timbres) - visually controlled sequences - motion transfer between visuals and sound - real time action - readable visual inputs: camera, picture and movie files - "Vimpler" function: audio-to-picture-to-audio - implemented swiveling camera - optional light-table for perfect silhouettes - mobile use (rechargeable battery inside) - 9 encoder PETG controller layered on the monitor - touch screen - small touch keyboard for drone pads - 4 voice - 4 LFOs - 2 EGs - 5 self creatable modulation waves - innovative concept, intuitive use - surprising and inspiring new soundscapes - exciting new possibilities by future software updates- lots of fun and joy - Dimensions: SPORT: &nbsp;31,5x19x10cm; on Light-Table: 33x19,5x25,5cm; Case: 45x36x14cm - Weight: ca. 4 kg <img width="3000" height="2081" width_o="3000" height_o="2081" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/507b69575413a230c69da9b9e7bdf5210f5ccc3e419b6767edcaa25a5a054060/sport-lp-feature-tafel_5.png" data-mid="225723732" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/507b69575413a230c69da9b9e7bdf5210f5ccc3e419b6767edcaa25a5a054060/sport-lp-feature-tafel_5.png" /> Delivery time2 - 4 months. https://silhouettesynthesizer.cargo.site/news Mon, 12 Sep 2022 20:13:17 +0000 silhouette-synthesizer.de https://silhouettesynthesizer.cargo.site/news <img width="2840" height="1820" width_o="2840" height_o="1820" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4f903ab1ce3531b4536337ee31e136ba2fe3dee82b45dc6127707643d92a9ba0/COH-live-in-Paris-SHS_06_26_cut.jpg" data-mid="250051057" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4f903ab1ce3531b4536337ee31e136ba2fe3dee82b45dc6127707643d92a9ba0/COH-live-in-Paris-SHS_06_26_cut.jpg" /> COH played a live gig at&nbsp; Bourse de Commerce — Pinault Collection (Paris) on 19th June 2026 using his SILHOUETTE SPORT as his only synthesizer in his setup. SILHOUETTE SPORT production of the first short run has started. Production time about 6 months. Order there:&nbsp;&gt;&gt;&gt;SHOP Here’s the SILHOUETTE-SPORT demo video: &gt;the SILHOUETTE SPORT story&lt; Join us walking around Superbooth 24 with the new portable SILHOUETTE SPORT prototype: The synthesizer has an integrated camera at the front which captures live video and transforms its greysacle data live into audio. More special camera features will be implemented. We met some friends, colleagues and artists. Please join their first reaction. We are planning to release "SILHOUETTE SPORT" in winter 2024/25. Links to people and companies: - Rick Feds: https://rickfeds.com - Microrack: http://microrack.org - Sonnja Genia Riedl: https://sonnjagenia.com - Love Synthesizers: https://www.lovesynthesizers.com - Playtronica: https://shop.playtronica.com - Tomohiko Sugino: https://tomohikosugino.work - Analog Sweden: https://analogsweden.com ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ︎ 2023-08-15 First record ever made with the Silhouette Eins I am happy to announce the first record ever made with the Silhouette Eins Synthesizer. It is by the electronic musician "COH" (Ivan Pavlov and will be released by US label Dais records:<img width="703" height="699" width_o="703" height_o="699" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a9a51ca2becffa55d9a61e79e0a9a7cf4438019fa7359c683c4acfed1faada5d/COH_2023-08_daisrecords.com.PNG" data-mid="188022427" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/703/i/a9a51ca2becffa55d9a61e79e0a9a7cf4438019fa7359c683c4acfed1faada5d/COH_2023-08_daisrecords.com.PNG" /> CoH at daisrecords.com ︎︎︎https://www.daisrecords.com/collections/coh/products/radiant-faultsYou can pre-order now, release date is 20th october 2023.Enjoy his teaser-track "Radiant faults" and the text where Ivan describes his work with Silhouette Eins: Ivan Pavlov aka CoH characterizes his latest solo work, Radiant Faults, as “the recording of a dialogue,” rather than a set of compositions. Crafted using a rare new synthesizer, the Silhouette Eins, Pavlov’s first encounter with the instrument across a long, late night session resulted in a continuous set of textures, patterns, and subliminal melodies. At some point during the process, he realized he was not alone: “It was as if something was speaking to me through the gear – the feeling was very intense. No matter how determined and specific I attempted to be, the results were something else. They felt like 'responses.’ This instantly reminded me of ELpH.” ELpH is the name coined by Coil for a “celestial entity” that emanates from electronic equipment at mysterious moments, altering the creative process in unforeseen ways. They devised the term during studio sessions back in 1994, during which sustained software accidents ultimately seemed possessed of supernatural intelligence, spawning its own mythos. As a longtime member of Coil’s inner circle, Pavlov is steeped in ELpH’s ideology and influence – and highly qualified to identify an encounter of his own. Radiant Faults offers a compelling addition to the ELpH canon, at the threshold of music and manifestation, embracing the “divine quality of error.” The Silhouette Eins is a unique instrument combining the 1920's concept of an "optical soundtrack" with a hardware synth interface to Pure Data: a visual programming language for producing interactive music, using real- time video signal in its synthesis of sound. Pavlov’s attempted manipulations were answered by indecipherable transmissions from some distant, unknowable place. Stark waveforms drone and bend against skeletal metronomes; murmured pulses flicker down empty corridors; high fluorescent tones gleam and glitch in zero gravity – the mood throughout is one of generative whispers, hidden sentience, and ghosts in the machinery. A post-human terrain of scaffolding, shadows, and semi-conscious circuitry, rippling with veiled energies. Authorship aside, Pavlov’s process is transformative: “What we perceive as an error or mistake could very well be a message coming through. And while we are not able to decipher the message, sometimes – just like from a crack in a surface, or a tear in fabric – a light unexpectedly seeps through.” see Silhouette Demo (from Superbooth ‘22): ︎︎︎https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTFwYBmcGoE ︎ 2023-05-11 Superbooth Electronic fair Superbooth 2023 Silhouette - Visual Synthesiser Now With Audio To Visual Sampling Sonicstate | Interview 11-13 May 2023, FEZ, Berlin, Germany ︎︎︎︎Meet + Test | ︎︎︎H195 | SILHOUETTE ︎︎︎ superbooth.com ︎ 2023-04 LATEST USERS TRACKS France based russian artist COH (Ivan Pavlov):First out of the four compositions comprising SOL, an album reflectingon dark spots of the Sun as a symbolic representation of hidden power ofthe dark. Released on Spring Equinox 2023.︎ ninaprotocol.com/9Ce372WvZs1LZ3ihNNxJj6tYo2nL9u63ChUy4wTAF8uh “A good friend of mine told me he's got a new synth, a conceptually new instrument, and invited to give it a try in his studio. I work mostly with computers, and, to be honest, never felt attracted by synthesizers, but this time the notion of "pure data" got me curious and I decided to accept. It took about half an hour to browse through the manual, to get an approximate idea of how the machine functions, and after some additional guidance from my friend, I ended up spending long hours in his studio, feeling completely immersed into a very peculiar dialogue with Silhouette. The sound felt both organic and alien. Most of the instrument responses have been unpredictable, sometimes completely puzzling, impossible to decode, and yet - always coherent an overwhelmingly fascinating.I remained surrounded by a strange cloud of this initial enchantment for a few weeks after. Out of the 20+ takes recorded that night, more thanhalf were processed, slightly rearranged and enhanced, resulting in a full album [due on Dais Records in October 2023]. A very powerful, most memorable "extra-musical" experience.”(COH) <img width="789" height="790" width_o="789" height_o="790" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2465ff8d91d8acfa5293335230ea5a80040dc78062f19d8c70caa19392a39fbf/COH_artist_2023.PNG" data-mid="177931240" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/789/i/2465ff8d91d8acfa5293335230ea5a80040dc78062f19d8c70caa19392a39fbf/COH_artist_2023.PNG" /> COH, russian artist based in France, User of SILHOUETTE synthesizer French Artist Origami23 "Drony 1": ︎origami23.bandcamp.com/album/drony-1-2 Origami23 about his work with SILHOUETTE: “As a drone / experimental music composer, I've always looked for the perfect gear that would express what I have in mind as close as possible and in an intuitive way. I remember, 1 year 1/2 ago, I read a news aboutthe Silhouette synth which it briefly explained that it was generating and modulating sounds with image sources. For whatever reason, I instinctively though that this synth could be the holy grail I had been looking for for years. I ended up on The Silhouette Synth website and watching the various demos, this instinctive feeling became more and more consistent, to the point where I decided to contact the brilliant guy who had conceived this revolutionary synth.... 10 months later, could not be more excited when the delivery guy handed me a huge and heavy package ! I became one of the happy fews now owning this amazing machine !Once settled in my home studio, it took me only 2 days to full understand the huge field of sonic possibilities that were now mine ! I started recording live sessions as I do love composing on the go and use as little as possible any post-production / editing tasks. I could notbe happier and for sure this synth is definitely my favorite, to the point that I decided to sold some of my other synths and from now on, focus mainly on deep diving into this synth. And Silhouette even quicklyoverpassed all my expectations. For sure this is a perfect gear for an instinctive approach to sound design or drone composition but it is even more than that ! I would say that I'm not playing the silhouette... The silhouette plays me or, to be more precise, it plays my mind set !I exchanged a lot with Pit (Silhouette's dad) about upgrade ideas for the next program versions and am even more excited about these future functionalities which will make the Silhouette one of the most amazingsynth of all time !!! I can't wait !!!” (Origami23) <img width="900" height="1600" width_o="900" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/916d4aeafaaa9a4034dc6db0013e623c7bcd3f32e6f0d7f10c25217ce00a84a8/cutomer-origami23-2023-silhouette-synthesizer.de.jpg.jpg" data-mid="177872534" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/916d4aeafaaa9a4034dc6db0013e623c7bcd3f32e6f0d7f10c25217ce00a84a8/cutomer-origami23-2023-silhouette-synthesizer.de.jpg.jpg" /> Origami23, playing SILHOUETTE eins, 2023 silhouette-synthesizer · Drony 1 - Origami23 plays Silhouette eins "Luke &amp; Pit"A track using a 3D animation sequence by british artist Luke Hale:︎origami23.bandcamp.com/track/luke-pit ︎&nbsp;2022-10 FIRST SHORT RUN HAS STARTED︎SILHOUETTE eins/2022... and here is the first customer!Music producer Gregor Hennig Studio-Nord, Bremen, Germany (left). <img width="1095" height="731" width_o="1095" height_o="731" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f936f5a0fb364e9134ad5542a070589b985af324a38d73385d11c557fa131b76/gregor-pit_3.png" data-mid="152745807" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f936f5a0fb364e9134ad5542a070589b985af324a38d73385d11c557fa131b76/gregor-pit_3.png" /> Silhouette inventor Pit Przygodda (right) and Gregor Henning, Studio Nord, Bremen, Germany ︎︎︎ VIDEOS + SOUNDS https://silhouettesynthesizer.cargo.site/videos-sounds Mon, 29 Aug 2022 18:43:57 +0000 silhouette-synthesizer.de https://silhouettesynthesizer.cargo.site/videos-sounds ︎videos + sounds2 videos with SPORT music. This time the video material is not the visual source for the music. These videos are video clips - the SPORT does the score music. &nbsp;video 3 sequences - visual generated - SILHOUETTE SPORT: Silhouette eins has closed the circle:audio to visuals to audio An audio source is sample, it is transformed into a picture and the picture is used for transformation into audio again. Here is a new demo which features 7 sounds to show the bandwidth of SILHOUETTE eins: THIS was super Superbooth 22! Thanks for all!(the Sound on Sound interview) Demo video 2021 (prototype) : Dove Dance video 2022:SILHOUETTE eins - Synthesizer + Piano: ︎︎︎ TECHNOLOGY &nbsp;:: : : : : : : : : : :::: : : : : : : : : : :::: : : : : : : : : : ::︎ &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; https://silhouettesynthesizer.cargo.site/sounds Mon, 29 Aug 2022 15:17:53 +0000 silhouette-synthesizer.de https://silhouettesynthesizer.cargo.site/sounds ︎SOUNDS ︎︎︎ soundcloud.com ︎ ︎ for play and pause click the orange ︎ button below (top left)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="4000" height="3000" width_o="4000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fbf09441e42d8407bd56015b673cae50487ce98c8df5c8852e594e4f1986dd31/IMG_0005.JPG" data-mid="174929135" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fbf09441e42d8407bd56015b673cae50487ce98c8df5c8852e594e4f1986dd31/IMG_0005.JPG" />silhouette-synthesizer · Silhouette eins - optical soundtrack synthesizer ︎︎︎ Technical features&nbsp; ︎︎︎ Modulation and Sequencing ︎︎︎ Wave Editor ︎︎︎ PET Controller ︎︎︎ Ride a wave ︎︎︎ Software ︎︎︎ Multimedia ︎︎︎ Sounds ︎︎︎ TECHNOLOGY ︎︎︎ SILHOUETTE synthesis https://silhouettesynthesizer.cargo.site/SILHOUETTE-synthesis Mon, 29 Aug 2022 15:17:53 +0000 silhouette-synthesizer.de https://silhouettesynthesizer.cargo.site/SILHOUETTE-synthesis ︎SILHOUETTE synthesisLOOK FOR SOUNDS! The screen shows the visual source. (jpg, mov, camera)The player selects and moves round an area via trackpad. <img width="4608" height="2592" width_o="4608" height_o="2592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/43299f0a05983b0b031553ac8a6756ab7776f5f659e67df05d3e85e5939a9643/IMG_20260629_104124.jpg" data-mid="249896611" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/43299f0a05983b0b031553ac8a6756ab7776f5f659e67df05d3e85e5939a9643/IMG_20260629_104124.jpg" />The visual data within the area is transformed into waveforms. ︎︎︎ LIGHTTABLE + CAMERA&nbsp; https://silhouettesynthesizer.cargo.site/lighttable-camera Mon, 12 Sep 2022 20:28:57 +0000 silhouette-synthesizer.de https://silhouettesynthesizer.cargo.site/lighttable-camera ︎LIGHTTABLE + CAMERAAny visual object can be used. ︎︎︎ SILHOUETTE synthesis https://silhouettesynthesizer.cargo.site/SHOP Tue, 28 Jan 2025 16:58:45 +0000 silhouette-synthesizer.de https://silhouettesynthesizer.cargo.site/SHOP ︎SHOP&nbsp;︎ SILHOUETTE SPORT &nbsp; 1700,- € (excl. shipping and custom fees) As a small entrepreneur VAT is not calculated. Delivery time: 2 - 4 months.For purchase inquiry please write to: info@silhouette-synthesizer.de <img width="4608" height="2592" width_o="4608" height_o="2592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4032d50bbe8a1b7a075bf0e26d3db6d8f69ff0a867af025f99ae14f546f55715/IMG_20260422_172129.jpg" data-mid="247531617" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4032d50bbe8a1b7a075bf0e26d3db6d8f69ff0a867af025f99ae14f546f55715/IMG_20260422_172129.jpg" /> &nbsp; https://silhouettesynthesizer.cargo.site/history-1 Mon, 29 Aug 2022 15:17:54 +0000 silhouette-synthesizer.de https://silhouettesynthesizer.cargo.site/history-1 ︎HISTORY I <img width="4608" height="2592" width_o="4608" height_o="2592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee0e709689f4ece18e4045dbf077eaea016d2d03b16c6df761de7c089f81de61/gardinesingsing-auf-lichtpult.jpg" data-mid="178071804" border="0" data-scale="99" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ee0e709689f4ece18e4045dbf077eaea016d2d03b16c6df761de7c089f81de61/gardinesingsing-auf-lichtpult.jpg" /> “I glued curtains on a 35-mm blank film: on the picture frames and also on the optical soundtrack.”, 1992 &nbsp;Pit Przygodda, “Gardine sing-sing”, 1992&nbsp; (Film) How it began : 1993As a 25-year-old filmstudent at College of Art, Hamburg, I found my passion to use the optical soundtrack to create music by shapes and material. For tones with continuous pitch I was looking for material that showed regular patterns with a reasonable distance between single events to create notes in an audible range: So I collected several curtains and glued them on a 35mm blank film, as well on the picture frame as on the optical soundtrack: A variety of different density create different notes with different timbres, larger patterns like applied flowers create rhythms. The experimental movie "Gardine Sing Sing" (1993) was my first step on a long journey to the interferences of visuals and audio. I had been thinking for a really long time how the principle of the optical soundtrack can become a real time musical instrument: I started to dream of an instrument which offers the possibility to act directly within the visual space of an audio waveform, for example to move my hand inside the waveform: The moving shape of my hand, its silhouette, should be the outline of the sounding audio waveform. Birth of the Light-Table : 2006 Again, it took many years to do the next steps. I couldn´t find a coder for the project, but then I heard about Pure Data and I could start testing some things myself. This led to a software prototype called "Videovox" which I presented at Superbooth 2016, Berlin.Videovox : 2016 <img width="1498" height="791" width_o="1498" height_o="791" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7b364de93479a727249eace83ac591f02f0972c8704a2ca442c9b660c21b9215/erstes-setup-cut.jpg" data-mid="247531202" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7b364de93479a727249eace83ac591f02f0972c8704a2ca442c9b660c21b9215/erstes-setup-cut.jpg" /> The first software set-up as presented at Superbooth 2016 I was sure about the musical sensual power of the project, but at Superbooth 2016 only few people found their way to my booth. There were misunderstandings: some visitors thought it would be a VJ-software, and there was only little interest in software solutions right there.SILHOUETTE “23” : 2019Large, heavy, visionary and unfinished: The “23”. <img width="1027" height="762" width_o="1027" height_o="762" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3f7c2d983f65323ae0118526fbd613039604e85e21c6f96bfbb28034bc721050/SB19Janfromabove.png" data-mid="164836327" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3f7c2d983f65323ae0118526fbd613039604e85e21c6f96bfbb28034bc721050/SB19Janfromabove.png" /> So I decided to change the name into "Silhouette" and to build a striking hardware nobody could ignore. It had 1 knob per parameter, 2 joy-sticks, a num-pad, 2x 4x16 characters displays, a 6 channel mixer, 49 keys, a webcam, a Mac Mini inside, a 4x4 audio interface, 2 analog filters, tons of weight, lots of bugs, and it never was finished: I presented this huge prototype at Superbooth 2019. In fact it attracted much attention, especially the easy-to-use synthesis by hands and templates on the light-table, in front of the camera. So I realized to have made a giant step, but this prototype was not ripe for the market. So I used the Corona gap for the development of a smaller synthesizer, the SILHOUETTE EINS:SILHOUETTE EINS : 2021 <img width="4328" height="2640" width_o="4328" height_o="2640" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/80baddc8d0307b99dacbb6a2cbb8091b19bb623c66d5d48378b060f62edf142d/Sihouette1-IMG_20240815_122348-totale-schrg-ob-x.jpg" data-mid="247531205" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/80baddc8d0307b99dacbb6a2cbb8091b19bb623c66d5d48378b060f62edf142d/Sihouette1-IMG_20240815_122348-totale-schrg-ob-x.jpg" /> SILHOUETTE EINS The SILHOUETTE EINS was presented at Superbooth 2021. Soon prospective buyers appeared. Now in 2024 there are 12 "EINS" out in the world.PETG controller on MonitorTo reduce numbers of knobs, but not of parameters, I build a special transparent hardware controller which is mounted in front of a usual monitor which shows the GUI of the Silhouette system software: <img width="1994" height="913" width_o="1994" height_o="913" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0b5c54a5324a4326917e5b1f84c0dffaa172d4a197e9453210e789e176a9b42a/petg-cont-finger-sh1.jpg" data-mid="247531203" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0b5c54a5324a4326917e5b1f84c0dffaa172d4a197e9453210e789e176a9b42a/petg-cont-finger-sh1.jpg" />Controller on monitor (PET-G, Knobs, PCBs) For the "EINS" 20 analog potentiometers and 21 buttons are fixed on a rack made of PCB boards. The controller addresses 4 pages of different function groups like audio/video parameters, modulation, LFOs and EGs, FX and wave editor. The different colored pages indicate the adjusted parameter values right behind the corresponding potentiometer as a number and a display circle. The SILHOUETTE SPORT will also use the PETG controller concept. But it uses 9 endless encoders. This concept also offers an open setting for further developments: New pages could easily be added or the whole software GUI concept could vary to target multiple goals of utilization concepts. Originally invented by the way, it soon became apparent that many people were fascinated by that combination of hardware touch, software remote and GUI visualization. First thoughts about "the SPORT"<img width="1417" height="612" width_o="1417" height_o="612" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fa93ddf2160c98f6a828651158c0a61d7c5634dcbd88651f26de03b731533942/SHS-first-sketch-HW-dummy_1.png" data-mid="247531206" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fa93ddf2160c98f6a828651158c0a61d7c5634dcbd88651f26de03b731533942/SHS-first-sketch-HW-dummy_1.png" />The first sketches on paper, play with ideas and components In the past few years, some people have asked for a smaller, more affordable SILHOUETTE. I started experimenting with smaller components. When I assembled the first prototype I realized how small it could be and that it might be attractive to make it portable (by the use of a reloadable battery on board). Transportability would be a special feature in combination with the implemented camera! The SPORT could become a hybrid of a portable video camera and a musical synthesizer! Wow! "The SPORT" should be small and flexible in use. It should be able to use a lighttable, but it shouldn't need much space in the artist's studio. So I decided to build a demountable construction that located the synthesizer on top of the lighttable. set upThe first set-up tests (MS surface pro), lighttable and controller set-up tests Like the SILHOUETTE EINS it should have the PETG hardware controller mounted in front of the monitor. But it should be more reduced in knobs and elements and should have a kind of minimalistic and concrete elegance inspired by Braun Hifi equipment from the 60s. So I reduced the number of hardware knobs from 20 to 9 and decided to use mainly black and silver elements. While the upper side of the synth has a kind of cold metal-feel, the body of the housing is made of wood. In fact, this makes it feel more comfortable when it is being carried around. <img width="574" height="550" width_o="574" height_o="550" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/31e3d381548cdccbf4e914b1da790af492a45bab05582e242a7ace4b222d3c39/Sport-Gurt-Avatar.jpg" data-mid="247531215" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/574/i/31e3d381548cdccbf4e914b1da790af492a45bab05582e242a7ace4b222d3c39/Sport-Gurt-Avatar.jpg" /><img width="4608" height="2592" width_o="4608" height_o="2592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/951b0094f66fd50fd5ac172685de2828a887297f39905e00ae92879f2d244e22/IMG_20260308_161906.jpg" data-mid="247531204" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/951b0094f66fd50fd5ac172685de2828a887297f39905e00ae92879f2d244e22/IMG_20260308_161906.jpg" /> Encoders, PETg housing, PCBs, touchscreen.SILHOUETTE SPORT : 2024"The SPORT" software is based on the same software concept as the "Silhouette Eins". It also has a PETG controller but with 9 knobs (half a "EINS" page). It has no keys (except a small touch screen monophonic 1-octave keyboard) and not necessarily needs to be combined with the light-table stand. It can be used stand-alone, or connected via MIDI to a DAW, a keyboard or a sequencer. I soon found out that it is really fun to carry it around, filming the outside world, like with a video camera, filming from inside a driving car ... and transforming it into sound and rhythms at the same time! A wonderful connection! Since the first presentation in public at Superbooth 2024 a very effective tool has been developed which was missing before in the SILHOUETTE synthesizers feature portfolio: a sequencer which is fed by realtime visuals: And this is really one of the most exciting points: As the concept of an audiovisual synthesizer is quite unusual, there are still lots of features and ideas to be developed ahead! And, beside me, its the user community that figures out new goals for the future of the Silhouette synthesizers. I am open to and keen on influences from musicians, artists and others to push the evolution forward. As the Silhouette software is programmed under the Pure Data environment, it is even possible for users who are familiar with it to develop their own modules. Or to go even further: to use the SPORT hardware for own audiovisual projects. In 1980, when I was 12 years old, my parents bought my first synthesizer, a KORG MS-20.About 6 years later I took part in a course for stop-motion-movie by Alexandra Schatz in Hannover. She showed films by Norman Mc Laren. This was the first time I became aware of the optical soundtrack. Norman Mc Laren painted directly on the soundtrack with pens to create sound, and so did we, - the participants of the course.In 1992, I was 24 years old and a student for experimental-film at the art-academy-hamburg (germany). In the stop-motion-class of professor Franz Winzentsen we (the students) started working on blank-film-material to get an idea of the relationsship between time while screening and length of the material. As a music-addicted I drove my attention to the sound-track on the film-material (it was 35mm-material with optical sound!) So I glued curtains on the film material even on the optical-sound-track, because I knew that the periodical structures of the curtains would generate steady tones, not noise. So it was. The film is called "Gardine Sing Sing" ("curtain sing sing").["Johannes Przygodda" = "Pit Przygodda"] Pit Przygodda, “Gardine sing-sing”, 1992&nbsp; (Film with audio) I have been on several media festivals in Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands with "gardine sing sing", it was onArte-TV and it is part of the movie-compilation "Deutsche Experimentalfilme der 90er Jahre" by the Goethe-Institut. It is distributed by "Light-Cone", Paris, France. ︎︎︎ HISTORY II ︎︎︎ HISTORY III ︎︎︎ INSPIRATION/ THANKS https://silhouettesynthesizer.cargo.site/audiovisual-essays-art Sat, 21 Dec 2024 13:40:01 +0000 silhouette-synthesizer.de https://silhouettesynthesizer.cargo.site/audiovisual-essays-art ︎Audivisual Essays This is the place to present pieces of audiovisual art made with and by the use of SILHOUETTE synthesizers. It presents the artistic core of the SILHOUETTE mission. "Solo for Kino" - a Silhouette Revue Debut performance on November 22th 2025, Kino im Sprengel, Hannover, Germany - The idea to make a feature length performance playing a Silhouette Synthesizer had been there since 2017. But besides developing the audivisual Silhouette Synthesizer it took that long time to get an idea about the story I wanted to tell, in picture, sound, poetry and rhythm. The plot background is autobiographic and the media used in the individual acts uses disciplines of art and life I touched and used before: toys, puppets, machines, songs, poetry, audiovisual art, stages and audience. I wanted to implement a colourful variety and I tried not to limit my joy of combining and performing this. I wanted to show the Silhouette´s game on the 2D screen but also to play inside and with the room between the screen and the audience, to make it a room where a multifunctional installation tells a multimedial interdisziplinary story. "Revue" means a special kind of show but also an overview, a compilation of scenes, maybe even a row of memories revisited.00:07: Act 1: Room ("Zimmer")04:52: Act 2: Bombers10:06: Act 3: Drum and Eye Train ("Trommel und Augenzug")16:58: Act 4: HHH-Waltz ("HHH-Walzer")21:46: Act 5: Track-Man ("Schienenmann")23:36: Act 6: Petrol Station of Tears ("Tankstelle der Tränen")27:32: Act 7: (Encore): Fahrenheit “J-Orbit-G” is a Silhouette-Dance-theatre-piece I did with Yoko Higashi (JPN/F), dance and voice and Lionel Marchetti (F), synth, FX, speaker setup and dramaturgy on May 24th 2025 in Hamburg at Papiripar-Festival. Yoko Higashi was the first human inside the audio wave, provided by the Silhouette Eins synthesizer. <img width="5328" height="4000" width_o="5328" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e5050af64b9547579652242ef996a2317a8726b9fd6392dd743b613fb94cae1e/pit_przygodda_wood-wave_katarakt-hh_jann-wilken_W1110473.jpg" data-mid="248940715" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e5050af64b9547579652242ef996a2317a8726b9fd6392dd743b613fb94cae1e/pit_przygodda_wood-wave_katarakt-hh_jann-wilken_W1110473.jpg" /> “Wood Wave” at Katarakt-Festival, Kampnagel, Hamburg, 2025. Foto: Jann Wilken “Wood Wave” is a piece which uses content made of fotos and movie sequences taken in the woods near my house, played with the SILHOUETTE EINS. The piece can be performed live (about 15 minutes long) or screened as an audiovisual film. “An Audiovisual Essay on the Moon - Part 1” by Pit Przygodda, © 2024. “An Audiovisual Essay on the Moon - Part 2” by Pit Przygodda, © 2024.