Trying to sync up musicians over the net is a fairly fruitless exercise – by the time the music goes in your sound card, into the computer, processed by software, then the reverse happening on …

Conventional microphones are fairly simple devices – they basically work on the reverse principle of a speaker. Sounds, which are air movement, move a membrane on the microphone, which converts this motion into an …

It’s amazing how many electromagnetic fields are all around us. The cool part about it is that it’s very easy to be able to hear the fields that are in the audible range. …

If you’ve got more money that you know what to do with, there’s a new way to spend it. Why not drop $147 on a new cryogenically-treated, gold-plated wall socket?

The company that makes the …

The Wurlitzer Sideman was the first electronic drum machine ever produced (if you don’t count tape loops), sold as a Wurlitzer organ accessory beginning in 1959. It’s got some fantastically great sounds and the …

This is frikin’ sweet. The wire recorder was invented by Danish engineer Valdemar Poulsen in 1898 was the precursor to the cassette tape and video tape. It started showing up around the 1930′s in …

Etsy user Pixelthis has created some great clocks out of recycled turntables, vinyl records and magnetic tape.
This clock below was made with a retired Fischer turntable and rocks a Doobie …

Personally, I like to tap out drum patterns with my fingers – it drives people crazy. I do it at home, in the car, even in my studio (I record my tapping and them …

This controller is aimed directly at DJs and live-PA electronic artists. The DJ Machine system features seven 360° rotatable joysticks that are used to send control signals to modify loops, sounds and music in a …

I’m a huge fan of analogue modular synthesizers. I used to have a big Moog, now I’ve got a MOTM and Doepfer modular. Other than the obvious sound generating madness, I also …