Audio and Video Illusion called the McGurk Effect
December 19, 2012 – 2:05 pm | No Comment

It is true, music is best heard when your eyes are closed or if you can get really really close to the stage performer.
Everyone knows this because visual cues can at time be distracting. …

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Dance music in a module
September 9, 2010 – 1:22 pm | 4 Comments
Dance music in a module

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 …

Joe Paradisio’s huge modular
July 10, 2010 – 7:37 pm | One Comment
Joe Paradisio’s huge modular

Joseph Paradiso is an Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Laboratory, where he directs the Responsive Environments Group, which explores “how sensor networks augment and mediate human experience, interaction and …

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 …

Vektron modular synthesizer
April 19, 2010 – 9:44 am | No Comment
Vektron modular synthesizer

Niklas Roy is a musician and electronic madman. He’s built a DIY device called the Vektron modular synth because he says: “Sometimes, I need to listen to some strange zoundz.”.

The Vektron modular is an …

Arp Axxe – the halloween synth
October 27, 2009 – 3:06 pm | No Comment
Arp Axxe – the halloween synth

An Arp Axxe owner by the name of Nathanial Scott put together this video demo of an Arp Axxe, Dot-Com modular and a paia sequencer. As it turns out, The Axxe seems to be …

Synths and Robots
July 25, 2009 – 7:52 pm | No Comment
Synths and Robots

Picture this: You’ve got robots that are modules in a self-aware modular synth. They start patching themselves together, crafting sound and rhythm, and they work themselves into such a lather that the …

Incredible steampunk analogue modular sequencer
June 27, 2009 – 7:56 pm | 8 Comments
Incredible steampunk analogue modular sequencer

I’m a huge fan of analogue modular synthesizers. I used to have a big Moog, now I’ve got a MOTM and Doepfer modular. Other than the obvious sound generating madness, I also …

The thought-controlled synthesizer
May 5, 2009 – 11:03 pm | 3 Comments
The thought-controlled synthesizer

A person named Krischan Schallenberger decided to find out what would happen if he hooked up a 1970s modular synthesizer to his brain.
The idea being that using biofeedback, he is able to control the synth with his …