History of Synthesizers: 1950 to 1970
June 11, 2013 – 7:42 am | No Comment

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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Electronic music flowchart
January 12, 2011 – 10:32 am | No Comment
Electronic music flowchart

I found this flowchart by Drew and Natalie and thought I’d share – it’s a chart that could describe…hmmm, I don’t know – 95% of electronic music? It’s funny, but at the same …

Audio ring
January 7, 2011 – 9:20 am | No Comment
Audio ring

Luke Jerram is an artist from Bristol, England. When he proposed to his soon-to-be wife, he outdid us all: He made a ring out of silver and engraved it with a 20 …

Modular ghost synth
June 25, 2010 – 1:37 pm | One Comment
Modular ghost synth

Charlie Visnic has a blog where he’s committed to do “one creative thing per day”. Well, on day 101 he decided to create…. a ghost synth!

… well, maybe note quite, but what he’s done …

The origin of the keytar (and platypus)
June 18, 2010 – 8:41 pm | One Comment
The origin of the keytar (and platypus)

Presented with no comment, as the picture is self-explanatory:

This explains so much about the keytar and the platupus. The image is from a t-shirt design by Tenso graphics.
via reddit.

Paper Korg MS-20
May 28, 2010 – 11:24 am | One Comment
Paper Korg MS-20

Gardenque is a medical professional from Chester, UK and spends his spare time doing art projects. In this one, he’s created a perfect replica of a Korg MS-20 synthesizer in beautiful white papercraft.

The MS-20 …

Overhead projector as musical instrument
May 10, 2010 – 1:12 pm | No Comment
Overhead projector as musical instrument

Blair Neal has created an art project installation entitled ‘Color a Sound’ which was set up at RPI’s West Hall Gallery 111 for the month of April 2010.
The installation invites participants to make colored markings …

Credit Synthesis
May 7, 2010 – 8:10 pm | 6 Comments
Credit Synthesis

Credit Synthesis is a sound synthesizing sculpture by Jonathan Vingiano. The device interprets data that is stored magnetically on the magnetic stripe on credit cards, student IDs, etc and translates it into sound.

Nude bodies as a musical instrument
April 25, 2010 – 8:45 pm | No Comment
Nude bodies as a musical instrument

Cocky Eek’s Tactile Research Lab has created an art-installation-meets-musical-instrument-meets-organic-weirdness. Called the “Get in Touch” exhibit, it invites the public to create sounds by touching the backs of nude people in an effort to help …

The Silent Drum controller
April 23, 2010 – 8:44 am | One Comment
The Silent Drum controller

Jaime Oliver is a computer-based musician and inventor and has created a very unique drum-type controller. The Silent Drum project uses the membrane of a drum head to play sounds via a computer.
The drum …

Fine collection of curious sound objects
April 21, 2010 – 4:42 pm | No Comment
Fine collection of curious sound objects

Georg Reil is a musician and artist from Deggendorf, Germany. He’s put together this video of a collection of very curious sound objects.
At first sight, each one seems quite trivial, but exhibits exceptional and …