Some big news are tiny – The Haken Audio ContinuuMini is now available! Just as powerful as its bigger brothers, the new Bonsai Haken gives you the full synthesis power of the EaganMatrix.
Last year SchneidersLaden had a workshop with a prototype of the Haken Audio ContinuuMini – have a look:
Get yours HERE!
Learn about the history and development of one of the most expressive and versatile electronic music instruments around! The Haken Continuum Fingerboard has been around for several years and is still being developed further and further. It gets its expressiveness from the incomparable surface that acts as the user interface and offers real-time continuous control in three dimensions for every finger that is placed on the playing surface!
As well as presenting the Continuum Christophe brought a special speaker with him, to give us the very rare chance to hear the La Voix du Luthier Onde – this exceptional approach to the construction of a speaker. There is no traditional speaker cone inside, only acoustic exciters transmitting the vibration into the wood. It is the same principle as for a guitar: the strings themselves make very little sound, but they are transmitting their vibrations to the soundboard through the bridge, and what you hear is the sonic amplification via the soundboard. In case of the Onde the exciter is acting as the bridge and transmits the electric “vibrations” to the wood. The Onde gives you a very immersive sound and the chance to experience electronic sound sources in a totally new way.
This incredible sound can hardly be recorded – so make sure to come to SUPERBOOTH19 to get another chance!
SchneidersLaden presents SUPERBOOTH19
Learn about the history and development of one of the most expressive and versatile electronic music instruments around! The Haken Continuum Fingerboard has been around for several years and is still being developed further and further. The heart of this unique instrument is a digital EaganMatrix – based on the principles of the patch-matrix of synthesizers like Arp 2500 and EMS Synthi 100. And it gets its expressiveness from the incomparable surface that acts as the user interface and offers realtime continuous control in three dimensions for every finger that is placed on the playing surface! As well as presenting the Continuum there will be a very rare chance to hear the La Voix du Luthier Onde! With this exceptional approach to the construction of a speaker, the sound directly comes from the vibrations of the 2 soundboards. There is no traditional speaker cone inside, only acoustic exciters transmitting the vibration into the wood. It is the same principle as for a guitar: the strings themselves make very little sound, but they are transmitting their vibrations to the soundboard through the bridge, and what you hear is the sonic amplification via the soundboard. In case of the Onde the exciter is acting as the bridge and transmits the electric “vibrations” to the wood. The Onde gives you a very dispersive and immersive sound and the chance to experience electronic sound sources in a totally new way. This incredible sound can hardly be recorded – so make sure to come to the workshop to get an accurate impression of the Onde!
No registration needed, the event is free.
THURSDAY – March 14th – 7.30pm @SchneidersLaden
// right after our weekly Modular Beginner Workshop at 6pm
Check out the SUPERBOOTH18 video release to get a better idea of what to expect:
all the people of Doepfer, Alex4, Endorphin, Frap Tools, Birdkids and (not on this picture:) Haken, MFB, Vermona, Tegeler Audio Manufaktur, SchneidersLaden and Superbooth are back to their homes now to go ahead working on your topics starting tomorrow.
They reported a lot from there and we all are looking forward seeing you again in not just two months on berlins first SUPERBOOTH.
Please dont miss to read the following NAMM news by Paul and Carlo mostly.
To clear up our shop a bit while making you happy we collected a bunch of very special offers now listed in Schneidersladen here. IN addition there is this list called SALE with single units from our demo that you can only order per email once. So please dont be to sad if you dont get it cause somebody else has been faster, thank you!
The amazing Haken continuum controller now has additional sounds delivered with its latest O.S. called 
4.07. Slide Wind, Metal Bar, Pluck Tine, and a Feedback String sounds like reasons to buy such an instrument as long as you can afford it and if you do not already own one! The new firmware, a new Editor, and a the User Guide are available from the manufacturers Download page here.
And finally the beautyful stand for the continuum is now available for fullsize and halfsize units. We have to wait for the first shipment another month, but if you see these pics.. one month for such is not a lot!
The awaited Version 4 firmware for the Haken continuum controller is now available from the manufacuturers site as a download. It includes expanded internal sounds, many improvements to the Continuum Editor Mac/PC application, and a new capability to define formulas for each of the Continuum Voltage Converter’s outputs.
..will be held again in Schneidersladen, Berlin this year to explain the background or technical things to make better music. Please see an overview of how brilliant it has been in 2009 and stay tuned here for our next dates coming soon.
The first filmish impression on our workshop with Ken Macbeth last week is online now! The second workshop around the famous Haken continuum controller tomorrow is not yet fully booked, youre welcome to share if youre around.
Jan Hinnerk Helms has been travelling the world to find interesting musical instruments for nearly 25 years now. As a happy owner of one of the amazing fullsize continuums now he will be giving an introduction to possibilities, sound and technic of this handmade threedimensional midicontroller in one of our workshops.
The Haken continuum controller is one ofthe most outstanding midicontrollers of our times, that is also able to control analogue systems over the optional continuum voltage converter (CVC). With integrated DSP-sounds now the continuum became an enormously expressive musical instrument itself on top.
The workshop is limited to 20 people so please confirm your participation asap. If you want to join, please give us a mail to andreas@schneidersbuero.de and be there at 6 pm that day!
Schneidersladen, Am Kottbusser Tor Berlin, 10.12. 18h – 20h +X, 10 EUR p.P.
