Electronic Music & Recording Gear

Littlescale demos syncing Nanoloop, a real-time Gameboy sequencer/synth, to Ableton Live:
Part 1

Nanoloop on a Gameboy (whose audio is coming in on track 2) is synchronised to the drums playing in Ableton (track 1). This is to test out a new interface I have been working on that syncs Nanoloop to a MIDI clock.
Part 2

The !Malfunctionator is a DIY synth project, designed to be “a handy UFO dector doubling up as a Electro Music Device.”
It consists of 3 oscillators, each modulated by 3 low frequency oscillators. The oscillators are based around the hex invertor IC known as CD40106 aka 7HC04; the wave froms produced from this logic device are […]

 

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Dave Smith Instruments is now shipping it’s Prophet ‘08 synth module.
Description:
The Prophet ‘08 Synthesizer Module is a tabletop “knobby” module with all of the features and controls of the Prophet ‘08 Keyboard (minus the keyboard, of course) in an even more compact enclosure. With real analog oscillators, Curtis low-pass filters, and analog VCAs, the Prophet […]

First videos of the Chimera Synthesis BC16 miniature synth in action.
The bC16 miniature patch synthesizer wraps up a VCO, LFO, 24dB VCF, VCA, envelope generator, noise source, ring modulator and headphone amplifier all in a round, white acrylic housing the same diameter as compact disc.
Powered by six AAA batteries, the bC16 can be used on […]

Nanoloop on a Gameboy (whose audio is coming in on track 2) is synchronized to the drums playing in Ableton Live (track 1).
Says littlescale - “This is to test out a new interface I have been working on that syncs Nanoloop to a MIDI clock.”

CNet Asia reports that the Korg DS-10, the software synth for the Nintendo DS, should be available in Japan in July:
The original MS-10 (price 53,500 yen in 1978; US$300 then) was a monophonic, single oscillator job. DS-10 simulator works as two synthesizers (each of them, dual-oscillator affair), since Nintendo DS has dual-screen, upper and lower.
Adding […]

Playing the Building, a 9,000-square-foot, interactive, site-specific installation by David Byrne, will transform the interior of the Battery Maritime Building in Lower Manhattan into a massive sound sculpture that all visitors are invited to sit and “play.”
Byrne’s project will consist of a retrofitted antique organ placed in the center of the building’s cavernous second-floor gallery […]

Velvet Acid Christ’s Bryan Erickson has published a nice interview with Wowa Cwejman, the creator of Cwejman Synthesizers.
Cwejman developed a large line of synth modules in Eurorack format
Here are a few highlights:
BE: Did you make your systems and modules to cover all the analog ground from the strange sci-fi sound fx to bread and butter […]

Modular synthesist Bakis Sirros sends word via the forum of new demo clips for the Analogue Systems RS370 Polyphonic Harmonic Generator, a 6-voice polyphonic harmonic generator and wavetable synthesizer.
You can preview some of the sound clips below. More demo clips are available at the Big City Music site.
RS370 Features:

6-voice polyphonic harmonic generator and wavetable […]

 

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Velvet Acid Christ’s Bryan Erickson has published a nice interview with Scott Jaeger, the guy behind The Harvestman’s digital synth modules.
The Harvestman has introduced some of the most interesting and innovative new synth modules in recent memory, including the TymeSefari loop sampler/delay and the Malgorithm voltage-controlled bit-crusher.
Here are a few highlights:
BE: What got you interested […]

Analogue Solutions‘ new Leipzig monosynth is new old-school style analog synthesiser, with a fairly classic layout and sound.
You can preview the Leipzig sound below.
Features:

Pure analogue voice circuitry.
Fat Moog style filter.
2 VCOs with Glide and Sub-VCOs.
Plenty of modulation routing possibilities.
Extra tone controls and circuits for more sound variety e.g. LFO, CrossMod.
Rugged steel construction and ‘vintage’ wood […]

 

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In this cool video, Wire to the Ear’s Oliver Chesler goes to Jomox in Berlin, Germany, to purchase a Mbase 01 analog kick drum module. There, the owner Jürgen Michaelis shows Oliver his workshop and toys.
Michaelis is responsible for some of the craziest electronic music gear being created.

xelent’s Tape Delay Machine uses two Walkman type tape players, a Realistic Stereo Mate and a Memorex XB, to create a tape delay. It’s Frippertronics on the cheap!
A single tape loop runs through two modified cassettes (each which have had one of their left or right sides removed). The players themselves have had there walls […]

Interesting synth DIY project, via noystoise, the Mouse Trap features quad frequency modulating oscillators built with 556 timers.
The oscillator frequencies are controlled by a quadruple pot joystick. two of the four have switches to add a slow decay. The mouseball changes the pitch of the oscillators randomly. The thumb wheel pot sets the minimum frequency […]

DIY kit maker CuriousInventor has introduced a new music sequencer kit, called the Voice of Saturn, that looks like an inexpensive way to get into analog sequencing.
This is a 10 step analog sequencer, which basically steps through 10 different […]