Redwood Audio Backs Vo-96!

Redwood Audio is pleased to announce our support of the Vo-96 Kickstarter campaign!  Vo-96 (was Lev-96)We hope this support helps bring the Vo-96 to life and into our shop for future builds.  The technology – being described as “Acoustic Synthesis” – represents, in our view, a huge step forward in active string control.  The device allows independent control of odd/even harmonics, sustain length (including muting) and adds the concepts of auto modulation, tremelo and arpeggios.  In a sense, it brings the many concepts of wave synthesis direct to the sting vibrations of your guitar.

If you have been following the technology, its proof-of-concept debut was as the Moog Lev-96 which had some good buzz in the media (and got our attention).  It is now being productized by the inventor Paul Vo as the Vo-96.  You can find out more at his site or the kickstarter page including the growing number of youtube videos.  If you want to join the backers, there are still two weeks left to back with rewards including 1st run units.  Be sure to check back with Redwood Audio to see how we get on with our kit as well as the upcoming builds.

New Wood Craft DIY Page!

The shop is a buzz this spring!  We have added a few additional notes to our JUCE VST tutorial and introduced a new Wood Craft section under the Do-It-Yourself topics.  The more exciting part for us is that the wood for our next project in stickered for final equalization before working.  This time around, we hope to capture more of the build process along the way and share some of our experience as tutorials in the new Wood Craft section.

Stay tuned for updates and as always, feel free to contact us with any thoughts you have while looking around our site.

New Audio DSP DIY!

Introducing the first Do-It-Yourself references pages for Audio DSP!  The new pages will be an always growing collection of resources to help you get started working with audio programming.

Included with the initial listings is an original tutorial created by the Redwood Audio team to help you develop your own audio effects in the popular VST Plug-in format.  The best part is all the tools used for development are absolutely free, and include WYSIWYG editing of your graphical user interface (courtesy of the JUCE libraries from RawMaterialSoftware).  There are many ways to get started with audio effects programming, but this method can prove pretty rewarding in a short time with just a little more guidance than was readily available.  We hope the tutorial helps jump you straight to the point – developing your own audio effects and further shaping your sonic landscape!

Check out the new resources here – and as always, feel free to let us know what you think!