I have to credit Jean-Michel Jarre as being one of my inspirations to get into synths a long time ago.  The first time I heard Oxygene, my eyes were opened to a new type of …

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 …

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 …

In these 2 videos, Thomas P Heckman shows off his amazing collection of gear, in what he calls the “Synth Museum”. I’m not sure if it’s so much a museum, because he actually plays …

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 …

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 …

Here’s one of my all-time favorite synthesizer solos, and it’s played by none other than the Godfather of Soul, James Brown. Yes, James Brown can play a badass Minimoog.
‘Blow Your Head” by Fred Wesley …

Kyle Evans is a musician and DIY electronic tinkerer. He’s come up with a fantastic instrument/controller called the “Electronically Modified Didgeridoo”. It’s a regular digeridoo with pickups inside and all sorts of Battlestar …

Thomas Dolby, Howard Jones, Herbie Hancock and Stevie Wonder – all playing in a mega-synth-jam, live in Los Angeles in 1985. When I came across this video, I got so excited – Four musicians …

David Vorhaus is one of the original pioneers of electronic music in Britain – he worked in the BBC radiophonic workshop with Delia Derbyshire and was a founding member and mainstay of the band White …