Pocket Scion is a synth you play with plants

A few years ago, the artist Modern Biology became a viral sensation when he published videos of himself that controlled a modular synthesizer with mushrooms on TikTok. Pocket Scion gives everyone similar to similar skills, but without having to spend thousands of dollars for a Eurorack - and in a much portable package. A central component of the setup of modern biology is a module called Scion by Instruo based in Glasgow. Scion transforms biofeedback, be it from houseplants or its own skin, into CV (control voltage) to control other synthesizer modules in a larger setup. Touching two sensors on their hand or mushroom completes a circuit. Then electrical fluctuations can be used in this circuit to trigger different grades or to change the limit value of a filter. A little more than a year ago he turned to Instruo to build something new. The fruit of this cooperation is the pocket cion, an affordable self-contained instrument that can transform small electrical changes in living organisms into MIDI data and can create sound landscapes with one of the four built-in sound engines. The pocket cion also has a number of advanced functions, including Midi Out to control external instruments. There is also a Companion app for Windows, MacOS and Linux, the sound design tools for creating your own synth patches and can send data via Open Sound Control (OSC), which means that the control is sent over a lot of audio and video programs such as Max/MSP, pure data and unreal engine for the creation of visualization or complex reactive art connections becomes. In view of the price of 149 US dollars, it is more powerful than you would expect. The first run of the pocket search was sold out almost immediately. However, you can hand over a pre -order for the next batch, which, according to retailer control voltage, will be "early next week".