NINA, motorized analog synth from Melbourne Instruments

[Jukka]

Nick in the Sonic Talk video repeatedly asks if there is another synth with motorized knobs.

The closest i have come up with is the add on device, the Geckotool robotic knob turner.

Geckotool Robotic Knob Turner

This is a system to remotely turn the knobs on gear that doesn’t already have that sort of control. You physically attach the Geckotool to the potentiometer shaft and it automates setting and changing the position of those pots. Can be applied to many separate rotary controls simultaneously. It’s kinda like those automatic guitar tuner thiingies. [geckotool: the Birth of the motorized analog effects universe] The Geckotool web-site. Simple enough idea – i’ve kicked it over in my h…

It similarly can do multiple knobs simultaneously, but the add on nature of that would strike many as a little clunky.