By Max Björverud, and Håkan Lidbo, at Rume Den Idea Lab, Stockholm Sweeden.

The Collaborator

Created by Moldover for The Museum of Making Music's new MIDI@40 exhibit running April 7 - August 31 2023.

This group of MIDI controllers has been networked together by artist Moldover. The programming of the network with custom music software makes it easy for multiple people to play together in harmony and in time. Explore each controller and listen carefully to how their sounds interact with the others.

Hexajam by Kyle Fakhoury

Hexajam 3-in-1 Musical Instrument, KEYBOARD, BASS, DRUMS

The Hexajam is perfect for beginners of any age. Each instrument is intuitive and requires no prior knowledge or technical skill to start making music. Three instruments in one unit creates an instantly fun and collaborative musical experience.

The Endlesss Beat Machine

Tim Exile founded Endlesss a few years ago, developing a killer collaborative music making app by the same name, based on Tim's bespoke performance instrument, The Flow Machine. Now he's created a hardware machine around Endless called The Endlesss Beat Machine in the form-factor of an arcade game cabinet. Endlesss has sold one to NBA star Baron Davis, and is offering more as custom-built machines for your studio, museum, or social space. Get all the details on The Beat Machine page.

Created by Moldover for Meow Wolf Las Vegas AKA Omega Mart.

Infinite Tuning Tunnels, Environment by Liza Bender, MIDI Controlled LED System by Turner Kirk, Music Mill fabrication by Brian Sullivan, Marsi Gray: Senior Creative Producer, Spec Lee: Project Manager, Francesca Searer: Show Coordinator, Ben Wright: Sound Team Creative Lead, Eric Davis: Tech Maintenance: Sound, Les Stuck: Senior Sound Technologist, Becky Neil: Tech Project Manager, Bliss Alberts: Project Coordinator, Vegas, Adam Lentz: Project Manager, Spencer Olsen: Creative Director, Matt Hettich: Sound Team Manager, Keith LaChappelle: Project Manager, Brendan Carn: Project Manager, AMC Fabrication: Architectural Fabrication.

The Duo, a product-jambox for kids

Duo by Dato

This is the Dato DUO — an instrument for making electronic music together. You don't have to be an experienced musician: we designed the DUO to be enjoyed by kids aged 3 to 99 and up — that includes you!

8 Bit Boom Box by Moldover

Created by Moldover for Priceless Fest.

The Octamasher, Remixing the Nation

The Octamasher is a one-of-a-kind instrument created by Moldover that re-purposes eight electronic keyboards into an interactive octagonal sound installation. Instead of playing musical notes, the keys trigger song loops and pre-programmed beats, enabling up to eight participants to co-create an ever-changing musical remix.

For Remixing the Nation, Jesse Stewart has outfitted the Octamasher with a sample bank consisting of hundreds of meticulously-edited samples drawn from Canadian music and popular culture.

Jesse Stewart is a musician, sound artist, community builder and Carleton University music professor. He is renowned for his inventive and inclusive performances on a wide variety of instruments, including the Octamasher!

UniLooper by Tim Thompson

The UniLooper is a four-track MIDI looper that does visuals as well, using the pitch, channel, and velocity of the MIDI notes to control the position, behaviour, and size of heavily-processed visual sprites. The result is geometric mayhem, perfectly synced to the music being played and looped. The LinnStrument is used as the controller.

Robotica

Robotica by Justin Dwyer

Interactive audio-visual installation for children; involving video projections.

Music, visuals, projection mapping, programming and installation construction by Justin Dwyer

Isotonik Arcade

Isotonik Arcade by Mark Towers

Mark converted his Asteroids Max for Live device into a four player jambox for Leicester UK's 2015 Make Sound Festival. It offers a 4-player mini arcade cabinet housing 4 x LaunchPad Mini Controllers provided by Novation, all powered by the Isotonik Asteroids device. This is a custom version of the device that allows 4 LaunchPads to run at the same time on individual tracks. Arduino was used for the arcade buttons which also talk to the Max for Live device.

Moldover's Octamasher moves to Ottawa

Dec 14 update: an excellent article about this in Carleton Now

Composer, percussionist, artist, and educator Jesse Stewart has taken ownership of Moldover's first, one-of-a-kind jambox, The Octamasher. Jesse is an Associate Professor of music in Carleton University’s School for Studies in Art and Culture and an adjunct professor in the Visual Arts program at the University of Ottawa. He has plans to use The Octamasher at a wide variety of events, including performances and workshops created by his organization "We Are All Musicians" which is rooted in his firm belief that music is a fundamental human right and that everyone deserves to have opportunities to make music, regardless of musical training, socio-economic circumstance, and/or level of physical or intellectual ability.

ConnecTable #2 by Moldover

Physical jamboxes have been one-of-a-kind creations, until now. ConnecTable is Moldover's standardized, modular, and open-source platform for making jamboxes more quickly, affordably, and awesomely. Say hello to the world's second ConnecTable, nicknamed "The Launchbox Junior".

Orbit by DJ Tech Tools

DJ TechTools’ latest musical experiment offers an alternative to main room dj attractions, by inviting party goers to experience the joys of controlling music in a collaborative fashion. Built for Richie Hawtin’s Enter party this summer in Ibiza, 12 independent touch wheels on a large circular table allow people to play one instrument in an evolving “dj mix” running through Ableton Live. VIDEO: http://youtu.be/KibnMs-QyMk

The Launchbox by Moldover

The Launch Box is the first jambox built using the ConnecTable platform. ConnecTable is a standardized, modular, and open set of tools for creating jamboxes quickly and affordably. Thanks to Ninja Tune, Novation, Ableton, and Cycling 74' for supporting this project. VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpxeLB-cmBs