Russian Programmable Calculator, Controlling Ableton Live
 

I wondered if anyone else had used [You cannot see the link as you're not logged in. Click here to login or here to register.]. The answer? But of course. Here’s a classic Russian calculator model controlling arrangements in Ableton Live. It appears in this example as though this is working as a USB (QWERTY) keyboard substitute, rather than as a MIDI controller, but you get more of the same potential from all those wonderful buttons.

This find comes to us from Toyo Bunko of [You cannot see the link as you're not logged in. Click here to login or here to register.] – themselves lovers of mobile technology, having built a sophisticated soft synth for the iPhone. Toyo writes:

The page (in Russian) : [You cannot see the link as you're not logged in. Click here to login or here to register.]

And the video (instant download link) is here: [You cannot see the link as you're not logged in. Click here to login or here to register.]

([Credited as] created by Zinus of "Diver Group").

The calculator model is Elektronika MK-52, it’s quite famous. More info on this calculator can be found here: [You cannot see the link as you're not logged in. Click here to login or here to register.]

He managed to connect the calculator via a USB interface which he took out from an old USB keyboard. So it basically acts like a keyboard controller.
If you’re out there, we’d love to hear more (or from anyone who can translate the Russian here). I expect I’m not the first to point to this, but the calculator music – by popular demand – continues!

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