What we say about the Instruo Pocket SCION...
Turn biodata from plants into music with Pocket SCION! This miniature marvel from the Instruo team, in collaboration with Modern Biology, lets you connect to living organisms and generate beautiful electronic sounds. The Pocket SCION is deceptively powerful and sounds great - what's not to love?
Instruo Pocket SCION manufacturer's description
Pocket SCION is a portable device that captures biofeedback data sourced from contact with living organisms. This data is used by the onboard sound engine to generate evolving soundscapes and a range of MIDI messages. The data is also accessible as OSC messages which are broadcast from the accompanying desktop application.
Anyone can create, shape, and enjoy music with Pocket SCION regardless of existing musical experience. Despite its stand-alone, plug-and-play interface, experienced or adventurous users can use the MIDI and OSC output capabilities to integrate Pocket SCION and biofeedback into their studios, installations, and audiovisual projects.
Pocket SCION includes instruments created exclusively for the device, made in collaboration with Tarun Nayar (Modern Biology), an ecologist, musician and prolific user of our Eurorack format SCION module.
Simultaneous to audio and MIDI, when used alongside the desktop application, Pocket SCION can also broadcast OSC messages from the selected OSC port, based on the stimulation of the internal biofeedback sensor.
This feature allows Pocket SCION to become a portable means for data sonification and visualisation with a variety of audio and visual based software, such as: Max/MSP, Pure Data, Touch Designer, Unreal Engine, and more.
Pocket SCION hardware features
- Four custom instruments
- Sound generation via the capacitive touch pad or sensor clips
- Five note polyphony
- Raw signal output
- TRS-MIDI and USB-MIDI output with single- or multi-channel MIDI voice allocation
- Open Sound Control (OSC) data over USB via the desktop application
Pocket SCION software features
- Customise scales, ratcheting of instruments
- Customise octave range, offsets, MIDI channel and CCs of voices
- The following six values (in ms) are broadcast as OSC messages:
- /min – shortest pulse period
- /max – longest pulse period
- /mean – average period
- /delta – max − min (spread)
- /variance – average squared deviation from /mean
- /deviation – square-root of variance
What’s in the Pocket SCION box?
- Pocket SCION
- Senor Cables
- QR Code card (Links to Online Manual)
- A5 Card from Tarun Nayar
- Dimensions: 105 x 71 x 17mm
- Weight: 100g
How much is my shipping?
Shipping is automatically calculated before you submit your payment information. Simply add items to your cart and proceed to the checkout page, where you'll be offered shipping options and their prices. In the UK, 'next working day' shipping is free if the order value is over £150, and £5 otherwise. We can also ship on a 'next working day before 12pm' service, which costs £6 for orders over £150 and £7.50 for orders under £150.
Shipping to mainland EU typically costs between £7 and £20, depending on the shipping method and the size and weight of the order.
Do you ship to my country?
Almost certainly - the site will give you an estimate of shipping costs if you add an item to the cart and then enter your country and postcode. If you have specific requirements (such as if you prefer UPS over FedEx, for example) then let us know in advance and we'll try to work something out for you.
Shipping methods
We use a combination of DPD, Royal Mail and Parcelforce for the UK, and for international orders it's either DHL, FedEx, UPS, Royal Mail or Parcelforce depending on where you are in the world. If you have a particular preference then try to let us know BEFORE you order so we can look into it for you. Please note that there may occasionally be additional shipping charges if you live in a remote area, depending on what surcharges are applied by the shipper. We'll get in touch to discuss this with you in such cases.
Dispatch times
For UK orders, we aim to dispatch the same working day if we get the order before 16:00. If you have a really urgent situation then of course drop us an email before ordering and we'll always do our absolute best to accommodate you.
For international orders, we normally dispatch the same day if we get the order before 13:00 but again, occasionally it might be the next day before we can send it out, and sometimes the couriers may come to collect a little earlier than scheduled which would also push an order into the next day.
Saturday/Sunday shipping
If you're in the UK and you order before 16:00 on a Friday then we can send something for a Saturday or Sunday delivery with DPD. This is FREE for order values over £350, £5 for order values between £75 and £250, and £7 for order values under £75. (NB: this applies to UK mainland addresses only). Please note that any orders placed after 16:00 on a Friday will ship on the Monday.
International shipping times
Since April 2020, the couriers we use have suspended guarantees for shipping times, so even though we're paying them for priority services - 24-48 hours for most of the world - in practice it's often an extra day on top and sometimes it can be longer. There is absolutely nothing we can do about this, unfortunately. If you are outside the UK and it's a life-or-death situation where you absolutely MUST have that passive mult for the next day then... it may be better to find a local supplier.
Pre-orders
If a product is listed as a pre-order, it means we've ordered it from the supplier but it's not physically in stock yet. The product listing will include an estimated shipping date based on the best information we have from the supplier, but do bear in mind this is subject to change and is not a guaranteed date.
If you place an order containing a mixture of in-stock and pre-order items, we'll normally hold off on shipping anything until the pre-order item(s) have arrived, rather than splitting it into multiple shipments. If you need the in-stock items sooner, we'd recommend placing separate orders. As always, please get in touch if you have questions.
Product Overview
What we say about the Instruo Pocket SCION...
Turn biodata from plants into music with Pocket SCION! This miniature marvel from the Instruo team, in collaboration with Modern Biology, lets you connect to living organisms and generate beautiful electronic sounds. The Pocket SCION is deceptively powerful and sounds great - what's not to love?
Instruo Pocket SCION manufacturer's description
Pocket SCION is a portable device that captures biofeedback data sourced from contact with living organisms. This data is used by the onboard sound engine to generate evolving soundscapes and a range of MIDI messages. The data is also accessible as OSC messages which are broadcast from the accompanying desktop application.
Anyone can create, shape, and enjoy music with Pocket SCION regardless of existing musical experience. Despite its stand-alone, plug-and-play interface, experienced or adventurous users can use the MIDI and OSC output capabilities to integrate Pocket SCION and biofeedback into their studios, installations, and audiovisual projects.
Pocket SCION includes instruments created exclusively for the device, made in collaboration with Tarun Nayar (Modern Biology), an ecologist, musician and prolific user of our Eurorack format SCION module.
Simultaneous to audio and MIDI, when used alongside the desktop application, Pocket SCION can also broadcast OSC messages from the selected OSC port, based on the stimulation of the internal biofeedback sensor.
This feature allows Pocket SCION to become a portable means for data sonification and visualisation with a variety of audio and visual based software, such as: Max/MSP, Pure Data, Touch Designer, Unreal Engine, and more.
Pocket SCION hardware features
- Four custom instruments
- Sound generation via the capacitive touch pad or sensor clips
- Five note polyphony
- Raw signal output
- TRS-MIDI and USB-MIDI output with single- or multi-channel MIDI voice allocation
- Open Sound Control (OSC) data over USB via the desktop application
Pocket SCION software features
- Customise scales, ratcheting of instruments
- Customise octave range, offsets, MIDI channel and CCs of voices
- The following six values (in ms) are broadcast as OSC messages:
- /min – shortest pulse period
- /max – longest pulse period
- /mean – average period
- /delta – max − min (spread)
- /variance – average squared deviation from /mean
- /deviation – square-root of variance
What’s in the Pocket SCION box?
- Pocket SCION
- Senor Cables
- QR Code card (Links to Online Manual)
- A5 Card from Tarun Nayar
Technical Specs
Shipping Details
How much is my shipping?
Shipping is automatically calculated before you submit your payment information. Simply add items to your cart and proceed to the checkout page, where you'll be offered shipping options and their prices. In the UK, 'next working day' shipping is free if the order value is over £150, and £5 otherwise. We can also ship on a 'next working day before 12pm' service, which costs £6 for orders over £150 and £7.50 for orders under £150.
Shipping to mainland EU typically costs between £7 and £20, depending on the shipping method and the size and weight of the order.
Do you ship to my country?
Almost certainly - the site will give you an estimate of shipping costs if you add an item to the cart and then enter your country and postcode. If you have specific requirements (such as if you prefer UPS over FedEx, for example) then let us know in advance and we'll try to work something out for you.
Shipping methods
We use a combination of DPD, Royal Mail and Parcelforce for the UK, and for international orders it's either DHL, FedEx, UPS, Royal Mail or Parcelforce depending on where you are in the world. If you have a particular preference then try to let us know BEFORE you order so we can look into it for you. Please note that there may occasionally be additional shipping charges if you live in a remote area, depending on what surcharges are applied by the shipper. We'll get in touch to discuss this with you in such cases.
Dispatch times
For UK orders, we aim to dispatch the same working day if we get the order before 16:00. If you have a really urgent situation then of course drop us an email before ordering and we'll always do our absolute best to accommodate you.
For international orders, we normally dispatch the same day if we get the order before 13:00 but again, occasionally it might be the next day before we can send it out, and sometimes the couriers may come to collect a little earlier than scheduled which would also push an order into the next day.
Saturday/Sunday shipping
If you're in the UK and you order before 16:00 on a Friday then we can send something for a Saturday or Sunday delivery with DPD. This is FREE for order values over £350, £5 for order values between £75 and £250, and £7 for order values under £75. (NB: this applies to UK mainland addresses only). Please note that any orders placed after 16:00 on a Friday will ship on the Monday.
International shipping times
Since April 2020, the couriers we use have suspended guarantees for shipping times, so even though we're paying them for priority services - 24-48 hours for most of the world - in practice it's often an extra day on top and sometimes it can be longer. There is absolutely nothing we can do about this, unfortunately. If you are outside the UK and it's a life-or-death situation where you absolutely MUST have that passive mult for the next day then... it may be better to find a local supplier.
Pre-orders
If a product is listed as a pre-order, it means we've ordered it from the supplier but it's not physically in stock yet. The product listing will include an estimated shipping date based on the best information we have from the supplier, but do bear in mind this is subject to change and is not a guaranteed date.
If you place an order containing a mixture of in-stock and pre-order items, we'll normally hold off on shipping anything until the pre-order item(s) have arrived, rather than splitting it into multiple shipments. If you need the in-stock items sooner, we'd recommend placing separate orders. As always, please get in touch if you have questions.
