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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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 …

AHNE Synthporn
April 26, 2010 – 9:42 pm | No Comment
AHNE Synthporn

Analogue Heaven North East (AHNE) 2010 is the annual gathering of analog synth fans from around the Boston area. The idea is that it gives people the ability to see, touch and hear many …

Inside DEVO’s studio
April 21, 2010 – 3:03 pm | No Comment
Inside DEVO’s studio

DEVO need absolutely no introduction. Here, the guys at Electric Independence document a rare look inside Devo’s studio, called “UFO”. Mark Mothersbaugh himself gives a tour through the space and shows us some of …

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 …

KORG Monotron
March 24, 2010 – 4:02 pm | One Comment
KORG Monotron

I’ve seen a lot of boutique makers with low-cost synths and DIY kits for synths, but I haven’t seen a major manufacturer some out with something like this in a long time:

KORG showed off their …

Why ADSR?
March 12, 2010 – 5:52 pm | 2 Comments
Why ADSR?

One of the things that characterizes almost every synthesizer is it’s use of envelopes to control things like volume, filters and all sorts of other parameters. It doesn’t matter if it’s digital, analogue, additive, …

The Wicks Looper – Acid Mix
March 8, 2010 – 10:48 am | No Comment
The Wicks Looper – Acid Mix

If you’re into noise generation, or even if you just like to fiddle with cool little sound gadgets, the Wicks Looper – Acid Mix might be just the thing for you.

Made in Australia by a …

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 …

Dr Who EMS VCS3 up for auction
February 24, 2010 – 4:48 pm | 3 Comments
Dr Who EMS VCS3 up for auction

It’s not very often that a vintage EMS VCS 3 Putney goes up for sale on ebay, as they are a rare find. Well, the very VCS3 that was used in the BBC Radiophonic …

Dave Smith Prophet 8 review
February 19, 2010 – 12:35 pm | One Comment
Dave Smith Prophet 8 review

D. Ramirez is a Music Producer and DJ who was voted DJ Magazine’s Best British Producer and Best British Remixer. He was also nominated for an Ivor Novello award for his remix of Bodyrox …