Welcome to Telmatronics

The Telmatronics project started with the idea to use plasma for an audio component that could be controlled with a magnet. Experiments with fluorescent tubes and an RF oscillator made some pretty wild and funny sounds, and controlling them with a magnet was fun. So we ran a Kickstarter project with a prototype machine, and then set out to turn it into a synthesiser. 

We've ended up with a lively and oddly acoustic-sounding electronic instrument. A first small batch is currently being built up and tested  - you can read more about this and see recent demos on our Groovetube page.

We wanted to make a machine you could put a random fluorescent tube in to see what sounds it made... the machine now exists, but the fluorescents are being discontinued - right now, this is an existential challenge for the project  = (
Not to give up, we have started to prototype plasma tubes, but this is not straightforward with available resources. If we can find a way to produce tubes with custom electrodes, it should be possible to develop designs for different types of sound - please let us know if you can help!

You can contact us directly here, and check our progress on facebook or youtube.

Thanks for visiting!