André Gonçalves (ADDAC System) | When Modular Synthesis Meets the Guitar String

In this episode, I speak with Lisbon-based artist, musician, and instrument designer André Gonçalves of ADDAC System.

For sixteen years, André has explored modular synthesis, experimental music, and the physical interfaces that make electronic sound feel immediate and human. His ADDAC120 Four String Series brings those worlds together, integrating guitar strings, pickups, motors, bows, and resonators into a modular synthesizer environment.

Our conversation moves through the future of musical instruments, the importance of touch, the emotional connections we form with our tools, and why technological exploration so often leads us back to strings.

This is a conversation about experimentation, physicality, and creating the instruments you want to use.

I thoroughly enjoyed my conversation with André. I hope that you do as much as I did.

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