Remix Contest: Sounds from the Large Hadron Collider
December 30, 2010 – 10:05 pm | 416 Comments

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest particle accelerator that resides in a tunnel 27km in circumference beneath the earth near Geneva, Switzerland.
The purpose of the LHC is to help us understand some …

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Korg Monotron Wii Nunchuck hack
May 19, 2010 – 10:49 am | One Comment
Korg Monotron Wii Nunchuck hack

We’re huge fans of the Korg Monotron here at Synthgear, and gadgeteers Denkitribe have hacked one to respond to a Wii Nunchuck.

The Nunchuck controller is rigged up to the Monotron using the WiiChuck adapter, which …

The Machine: DIY Instrument Made From Scavenged Car Horns
May 18, 2010 – 11:03 am | 5 Comments
The Machine: DIY Instrument Made From Scavenged Car Horns

Llyn Foulkes is an artist and music from Los Angeles who likes to do things a bit differently. His website says:
LLyn Foulkes has been called the Zelig of contemporary art. Over the past five …

Cell phone keytar
May 10, 2010 – 2:44 pm | No Comment
Cell phone keytar

From the crazy-weird file, Steffest from Belgium has created a DIY cell-phone-keytar monstrosity. The Phone Guitar was born out of a presentation about mobile cross development that Steffest was working on.

He says:
Music apps …

8-bit arcade guitar synth
April 29, 2010 – 7:53 am | 4 Comments
8-bit arcade guitar synth

Mike Davenport has hand-built an 8-bit “arcade guitar” synthesizer as part of a DIY senior project for his studies at the University of Florida. Inspired by classic video game consoles, it uses an FPGA (field-programmable …

Thermatron: the flame-controlled synthesizer
April 28, 2010 – 12:50 pm | No Comment
Thermatron: the flame-controlled synthesizer

It’s fairly well known that a flame can actually conduct electricity. For example, many hot water heaters use this principle – a current is passed through the flame, which allows the the heater …

DIY floppy drive echo and delay
April 23, 2010 – 9:40 am | 2 Comments
DIY floppy drive echo and delay

Daniel McAnulty is an electronic music composer, device maker, song writer, photographer, and general all around useful fellow from Oakland, CA. Daniel has come up with the ultimate in DIY audio effects: He’s …

Vektron modular synthesizer
April 19, 2010 – 9:44 am | No Comment
Vektron modular synthesizer

Niklas Roy is a musician and electronic madman. He’s built a DIY device called the Vektron modular synth because he says: “Sometimes, I need to listen to some strange zoundz.”.

The Vektron modular is an …

Vinyl record audio train
March 12, 2010 – 10:32 am | No Comment
Vinyl record audio train

Readers of SynthGear might already be familiar with Yuri Suzuki, the Japanese audio/electronic artist/musician. He brought us the Jellyfish Theremin and the Music Kettle, among other things.
In collaboration with Yaloslav Tencer, Yuri has …

Lego sequencer
March 4, 2010 – 10:42 am | No Comment
Lego sequencer

Yoshi Akai is an artist, musician and instrument designer from Tokyo, Japan. Yoshi has been producing DIY musical instruments with very unique input systems as works of art, and using them in performances.
The work …

Commodore 64 Keytar!
March 1, 2010 – 9:34 am | 6 Comments
Commodore 64 Keytar!

Jordan Bartee is a musician, circuit bender and and electronic tinkerer. In a moment of insanity genius, he decided to grab a Commodore 64 and a MIDI keyboard, and then combine them with the …