Meek FM "typographic synthesizer" gets demoed on video
By Donald Melanson 
posted February 22nd 2008 3:29PM
posted February 22nd 2008 3:29PM
Rob Meek and Frank Miller's not-so-humbly-named Meek FM "typographic synthesizer" has been making the rounds for a little while now, but in case you weren't able to check out one of the few live "performances" of it, the pair have now thankfully let loose a video that shows just what the device is capable of. As you can see for yourself after the break, the one of a kind rig lets you take a distinctively Moog-like approach to designing fonts, with a slew of good old fashioned knobs provided to let you tweak things to your heart's content. Needless to say, the pair apparently have no plans to produce any more to sell, and this is one project where we're guessing a DIY guide would be of little help to anyone other than a very select few font-loving synthesizer aficionados.
[Via technabob]
[Via technabob]
MacBook Pro FTW!
Are you saying that the hardware itself is worth the price, or are you condoning Apple's nasty habit of locking "their" OS to their hardware using their own TPM?
If it's PPC, I don't think they used TPM's back then. They had enough incompatibility back then that being special and unique wasn't difficult enough to warrant the hassle.
minor lingual polish flaw in that post.
Firefox doesn't check grammar and such yet, only spelling :(
Can we all agree to never, ever use FTW on Engadget again? Please? Or at least agree to follow any such post with "FTW FTL!"
Thank you.
its on windows dude... bootcamp I presume.
should I scream WINDOWS FTW!!?
I love this so much!
It would make a neat vsti
That would give a whole new meaning to audiobook. Could be sort of interesting for encrypted transmissions. As long as only the source and destination know the font, it would be hard to decode what you're sending.
interesting != practical
256 bit AES FTW
I didn't say it was practical, I said it would be an interesting and fun way to do it. Obviously this isn't going to be adopted by the military. ;)
This is incredibly stupid, but will be touted by those ignorant on the music production subject as "cool" and "useful".
You have demonstrated your own ignorance, QED
I would have to disagree with you on that and say that it is "cool" and "useful," being in music myself. Basically a synth with a lot of different variation in making sound, which can lead to some creative stuff. If what you listen to doesn't ever involve a synth then I don't think you should be leaving a comment about people who are "ignorant" in music. If you ask me you are ignorant for saying that it useless...
cool
Roland and Korg have >$10,000 of my cash. I know what a synthesizer is.
This musical experience brought to you by the letter E.
I prefer music brought to me by the kana え.
It's much more consistent.
Interesting ... very, very interesting.
Possible expansion for applications such as 3D Design? Virtual reality? Gaming?
Extension of classic star trek episodes
This is so cool, should have done it at university …
d.u.m.
This device is a throwback from the 1970's FM (Frequency Modulation) synthesizers. Today's synthesizers are digital and sample based. I'm not sure where's the value of creating shapes and text on your computer to produce pops and squeals.
One of the most found synthesizers in the studio is the Yamaha Motif XS. Now that's a synthesizer. There's a great review on it at http://www.yamahamusician.com
Neat! It's Metafont with blips and bleeps and knobs!
Nice, but the demo needed to show knob manipulation and the changes to the font at the same time. Better use split screen next time.
Is this system capable of exporting a tweaked font as a new typeface? now that would be really cool!
links?