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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Cybraphon is an “autonomous emotional robot band”. It’s a self-playing musical robot, similar to a player piano, but more more complicated, and it’s actually a full band. Oh, and it obsessively checks the …
Designers Rob Meek and Frank Müller have created a system that is a fusion of two very strange bedfellows, synths and typefaces. Meet the Meek FM Typographic Synthesizer:
The FM Typographic synthesizer consists of a knob-laden …
The Square Band is a portable, wearable, monophonic, solar-powered synthesizer. It’s meant to be worn around the wrist like a bracelet or watch, and has 8 buttons which trigger different notes in different octaves.
It’s …
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 …
Let’s say you’re a computer salesman and you have to get play at a hoedown and don’t have time to change or even go home to pick up your instrument… quick – what do you …
The ARP 2600 was arguably one of the greatest analog synthesizers ever and has been used in just about every form of music. It’s a semi-modular, monophonic synth that was made to compete directly …
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 …
The Bob Moog Foundation has just released a 2010 calendar celebrating the Moog legacy through vintage photos, memorabilia, quotes and information taken directly from Bob’s personal archive.
The photos in the calendar highlight important moments in …
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 …
Selwyn House School is an all-boys school in Westmount, Quebec, Canada. For computer class, one of their teachers brought in a 30 year old Roland TR-808 drum machine for the students to play with.
Here’s …
The cactus in the video below seems to be special – it can be played! Yes, this cactus is a playable musical instrument. In the video below, you see someone playing …
Korg has released pictures of a new product called the “korg Monotribe”. Based on the name, it sounds like some sort of cross-breeding of the Korg Monotron and Korg Electribe. The picture seems …
