I’m not sure entirely what to make of this, but it sure got my attention. Velosynth is a DIY kit for “an open-source bicycle interaction synthesizer” that attaches to your bike, playing sounds interactively.
Made …

I love drum machines – from the boooom of the tr808 to the snappy kick of the tr909, to all the weird an wonderful sounds from early analogue boxes. Well, here’s a completely different …

If you’re a regular reader of SynthGear, you know that we love the Korg Monotron. Heck, we’re even giving them away for free!
Korg themselves have put together a bunch of cool mods (some commercial, …

Franz Keller has come up with Metal frame into which you clip an ipad and/or other music gear, turning it into a keytar.

From their promo material:
Sturdy hand cut plexiglass body holds iPad, Kaoss Pad and …

Robots have never exactly been thought of as the grooviest types, but the “Juke Bot” is really trying hard to change that image.

The Juke Bot is a pair of Kuka industrial robots – each one …

This is a really interesting effect – 5 metronomes all placed on the same piece of material will eventually synchronize themselves ‘automagically’:

Very fascinating to watch, I even got a little rush when they all clicked. …

Many of us take fantastic sound from our computers for granted these days, but PC audio has come a very long way since I bought my TRS-80 Color Computer a very long time ago (which …

One of the last things that I would think of to be steam powered would be any sort of electronic device, let alone a synthesizer. Well Lorin Parker and Sarah Seelig, whom we …

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 …

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 …