Remix the washing machine drummer and win Ableton Live
August 6, 2010 – 12:05 pm | 102 Comments

OK, I was just so infatuated with the washing machine drums video, that it would be criminal not to remix those drums into a song.
So we’re going to have a remix contest! Ableton has …

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DIY mind-controlled synth
September 3, 2010 – 10:36 am | No Comment
DIY mind-controlled synth

Robert Schneider is the singer for the indie rock band “The Apples in Stereo“, hailing from Denver, Colorado. Not happy with trying to play synthesizers with and actual keyboard, Robert modified a Mattel Mindflex(The …

Synthesizer club
August 31, 2010 – 11:50 am | One Comment
Synthesizer club

Synthesizer enthusiast Rory Daniels stars in some hilarious shorts called “Synthesizer Club” that only a synth geek would enjoy. He says:
I’m no Alain de Bottom, but I think it’s here because we all need …

Vince Clarke’s Analogue Monologues
August 26, 2010 – 6:45 pm | No Comment
Vince Clarke’s Analogue Monologues

The legendary Vince Clarke has put together a great series of mini synth demos called “Analogue Monologues”. The demos take place in his mouth-watering Maine Studio, and will feature a different synth each episode.

The …

Massive Synth Collection
August 26, 2010 – 1:09 pm | No Comment
Massive Synth Collection

Michel van Osenbruggen is a musician and synth collector from The Netherlands, and he produces music under the name Synth.nl. He had a friend over to take some pictures of his drool-inducing studio, and …

Korg Monotron vs Korg MS-20
August 13, 2010 – 10:08 am | 2 Comments
Korg Monotron vs Korg MS-20

The Korg MS-20 is one of the more coveted vintage synths these days, and as such they fetch some pretty high prices. People like them not only because of their patchability and knob-laden instant-gratification …

Didn’t buy your vintage analogue synths in 1989? Sucker.
August 11, 2010 – 9:50 pm | 5 Comments
Didn’t buy your vintage analogue synths in 1989?  Sucker.

Peter Forrest’s book ‘The a-z of Analog Synths’ contains graphs over time of the average selling price for pretty much every analogue synthesizer ever made.
The graphs are all extremely interesting, but what sticks out like …

Herbie Hancock shows his Fairlight CMI to the Sesame Street kids
July 20, 2010 – 1:16 pm | 2 Comments
Herbie Hancock shows his Fairlight CMI to the Sesame Street kids

I always loved how Sesame Street brought in all sorts of fantastic musical guests for the kids and viewers. Here’s a great clip of Herbie Hancock showing the Sesame Street gang his Fairlight CMI:

My …

The Omega Orion: HAL 9000 would be proud
July 15, 2010 – 3:18 pm | 2 Comments
The Omega Orion:  HAL 9000 would be proud

Studio Electronics created a synthesizer a while ago, very much inspired by the movie 2001: A space Odyssey, and Hal 9000′s ominous glow. This huge (38 pounds) synth is an anlogue monster, with a beautiful …

Skull Synthesizer
July 13, 2010 – 9:08 pm | No Comment
Skull Synthesizer

John Richards is a “Dirty Electronics” artist, exploring the music and electronics with an approach that is “designer trash, ugly, cheap, heavy, hand-made, designed to be handled or to come in contact with the body, …

Korg Monotron softsynth that you can put on your website
July 12, 2010 – 1:49 pm | 8 Comments
Korg Monotron softsynth that you can put on your website

OK, by now everyone must think I have a Korg Monotron fetish, but I guess you’d be right judging by all my posts about it.
In case you simply can’t afford to shell out the …