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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Scratching with cassette tapes
February 12, 2010 – 12:28 pm | No Comment
Scratching with cassette tapes

Alexis Malbert from France goes by the name of TapeTronic, and cassette tapes are his kung-fu. He builds custom tapes and tape players and travels around Europe doing tape-scratching performances on his DIY tapes …

Cardboard Synth
December 21, 2009 – 11:38 pm | One Comment
Cardboard Synth

You could make a synth or noise box out of just about anything, and Konservendose created a synth out of a cardboard box and discarded gum wrappers for touch pads. Brilliant.
The LEDs are synched …

The Big Box of Techno
December 3, 2009 – 8:46 am | 8 Comments
The Big Box of Techno

Eric Archer, one of my favorite DIY-ers, has created a completely standalone techno generator. Housed is a box the size “of a medium pizza”, the Big Box of Techno includes two synths, a drum …

Papercraft Moog modular
December 2, 2009 – 9:19 pm | One Comment
Papercraft Moog modular

Moog made the Moog modulars between the years 1967 and 1981. Each modular system was ultimately a custom job, however there were many stock design models of the Moog modular synthesizer.
When most people …

Nintendo video controlled by a modular synth
December 2, 2009 – 9:54 am | No Comment
Nintendo video controlled by a modular synth

Peter Edwards is an artists and master circuit bender and has been involved in “creative electronics” for almost ten years. He’s created custom works for all sorts of people, including Mike Patton, Danny …

Free DIY Korg MS-20
December 1, 2009 – 12:03 am | One Comment
Free DIY Korg MS-20

The Korg MS-20 is an analog two-oscillator monophonic lead and bass synth with hard wired and patchable connections. You can override the hard wired sounds using patch-cords. The MS-20 has been used on countless …

Electronic, pitch bending, thumb piano
November 27, 2009 – 2:23 pm | One Comment
Electronic, pitch bending, thumb piano

Jamoflange is a musician and odd-instrument builder who had made pitch-bending projects like the pitch-bending frame drum, and pitch bending floor tom. This new instrument is remarkably cool – it’s an electronic pitch-bending thumb …

Strange DIY “keyytar” from 1974
November 19, 2009 – 10:03 am | 4 Comments
Strange DIY “keyytar” from 1974

Forest Terry Jr. (from the “Forest Power Band) came up with one of the stranger frankenstein instruments that I’ve seen in a while, and way back in 1974 he put out an album to show …

Guitar playing robot made from inkjet printers
November 17, 2009 – 1:18 pm | One Comment
Guitar playing robot made from inkjet printers

The Plink Jet is a robot made by entirely out of parts from inkjet printers. Made by Andrew Doro and Lesley Flanigan, this DIY project that was made for one purpose: to play the guitar.
The …

LEV, the Theremin-playing robot
November 12, 2009 – 8:33 am | No Comment
LEV, the Theremin-playing robot

At SynthGear, we have a bit of a thing for music-playing robots, and this latest robot that we’ve discovered is pure awesomeness: it’s purpose-made to play the theremin.
Ranjit Bhatnagar, one of our favorite DIY musical-instrument …