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Article: Alesis airSynth
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- Canadian Musician
- Article date:
- July 1, 2002
CopyrightCopyright Norris-Whitney Communications Jul/Aug 2002. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Alesis has recently unveiled the airSynth, a tabletop product that produces dramatic synthesized sounds and sound effects.
A follow-up to the Alesis airFX, the airSynth is the second product to incorporate Alesis Semiconductor's revolutionary new patent-pending Axyz (pronounced ax-is) technology. Infrared Axyz technology allows the user to control up to five sound variables simultaneously by utilizing the invisible 3-D sphere above the unit with moving a hand left to right, forward and backward or up and down over the product to create different sounds.
The simple user interface consists of a single knob, which is used to select, engage, bypass, freeze and release a given sound and a LED ...