Previously we discussed how the synthesizer started to come to be from its earliest days as the 200 ton teleharmonium up until the creation of the trautonium (and mixtur-trautonium) in the 1930s and 40s, but …
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We’ve covered Daito Manabe before, demonstrating his DIY project where he stimulated muscles in his face to the beat of music.
With the help of Masaki Teruoka, Daito has created a new project, which …
The Elektron Octatrack DPS-1 promises to pretty much be “Ableton Live in a box”. Whether or not it lives up to this, I don’t know, but I do know that the following …
For your pleasure is a scan from Electronics Illustrated’s June 1960 issue, describing the Theremin. It’s a great read – they almost sound like they’re describing some strange alien device, and it definitely gets …
We’ve finally picked a winner to the washing machine remix contest!
The winner was submitted by SynthGear member Maartez: “The Washer – Zware Shag d&b mix” :
Maartez will be getting a copy of Ableton Live, …
Simon Lanson has created all sorts of interesting projects, but his steam-powered record player is one of my favorites.
Simon built the DIY steam engine part completely from junk he had lying around his garage. …
Only two days after we posted about the Minimoog Voyager XL, Moog has officially launched the new monster monosynth.
Moog says:
Designed in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Minimoog, the Minimoog Voyager XL is a …
Tim Franco is a photographer based in Shanghai, China. His photographic work tries to examine objects from different perspectives:
“My art pushes further the idea to investigate the documentary work through portraying certain kind of …
It isn’t a secret that a lot of classic dance music follows a fairly defined formula. Mungo Enterprises has taken this concept a step further and have actually created a sequencer module called the …
As I’m still anticipating the Moog Voyager XL , the following piece of information was brought to my attention:
Why has Moog Music registered the trademark “Slim Phatty”…?
Here’s the registration information:
Name: SLIM PHATTY
IC 009. US 021 …
The rumor mill has been abuzz with news of a new monster monosynth – the Moog MiniMoog Voyager XL. The Voyager XL promises to be a semi-modular monosynth (think Korg MS-20 on steroids), and …
Have you heard about the newest headphones from Wicked Audio called the Solus which is Latin for “be yourself”. Thanks to Wicked Audio for a review pair.
These DJ style headphones were create by Wicked Audio …
MrSolidSnake745 has put together eight floppy drives, an Arduino, some cabling, a computer and software created by Sammy1Am to make something incredible – the stepper motors from eight floppy drives playing the Dr Who theme!
Basically, …
Here is an interesting Performance Synth, an app that turns your iPad into a real time performance instrument.
This $5 app allows you to carry a complete, full featured, real time synthesizer around with you and have …
