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Peter Speer demos the Voice of Saturn sequencer, an inexpensive DIY sequencer kit.
He’s also got a review at his site.
Bottom line?
“In total, the Voice of Saturn Sequencer took me three nights to complete (about 12 hours altogether). If you have more experience in kit building than I do (which is to say “some”), I’m sure [...]

 

 
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The Graphite Sequencer is an art piece that explores turning a record player into a tangible interface for sequencing music:
Disc are coded with graphite, which conducts electricity. Two wires touch the paper discs as they spin.
The wires are connected to a simple tone generator.
When a line is drawn across the disk, connecting the two wires, [...]

 

This video, by Oliver Chesler of Wire to the Ear, demos the Voice of Saturn synth DIY synthesizer & sequencer kits. 

 

Things to Come Records posted some nice Flickr shots of the Voice of Saturn Sequencer & Synthesizer. 
These are a couple of cool synth DIY kits that should be suitable for even beginners. 
 

 


Craig Padilla - Below The Mountain

The Spotted Peccary label has been consistently putting out great ambient, space and synth music albums. Their latest release, Below The Mountain, by Craig Padilla, is no exception.
We’ve reviewed a couple of other albums by Padilla, The Light In The Shadow & Genesis. While his last two releases had more of an ambient or space [...]

 

This is the most bizarre music synthesizer we’ve seen in a while.
Every synth should come with a skeleton sequencer!
via the Experimental Electronics-Blog

 

GrooveStep Digital Music Studio is a new music making application for the Nintendo DS.
GrooveStep features an easy to use step sequencer for pattern based music making. You can make beats, melodies and full songs with GrooveStep.

 

genoQs Machines has announced NEMO, a new MIDI sequencer based on technology from their Octopus sequencer.
Features:

Unique, high-end design
Octopus technology at heart
Portable format
16 concurrent tracks
Intuitive, realtime everything

Pricing is set at 1399 Euros, with availability in July. The site promises more details to come.