We in Music Ally’s Editorial team are always looking for ways to distract ourselves from work (Hey, get back to your writing – ed.) and this year the World Cup, being many time zones away, isn’t providing its usual second-screen role. Enter Anukari, which might do the trick: part synth, part virtual physics playground, Anukari is a virtual 3D instrument that lets musicians create sound by connecting virtual objects and seeing what happens.
It’s maybe easier to understand the possibilities by watching this video, but Anukari is part sandbox video game (like, perhaps Kerbal Space Programme) and part deep instrument builder. Users drag and drop mallets, bows, strings and springs to build wild and weird instruments, that can then be played via a MIDI keyboard.
Founder and creator Evan Mezeske says that he built the platform for people who “want to play and discover, or [who] may be a professional artist or producer looking for inspiration or a new sound to work with. Either way, I want people to push it, try to break it, and to see what surprises emerge in the process,” her reflects. Put more simply, he also said: “I thought it was cool, and I want to invite others to make cool shit,” which is absolutely reason enough.
