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“Noise performers extraordinaire”, The Loud Objects and Dr. Bleep have teamed up to create the first being of pure noise!
The Bit Blob is a digital noise maker that’s controlled by connecting its contacts together, allowing you to bend your way through unlimited sonic madness. You can also connect LEDs, audio outputs, or other [...]

 

Last week, we featured a lo-fi 3D animation of cartoon characters on a turntable. This video features a Bleep Labs Thingamagoop synth monster taking a turntable ride, too.
via apc

 

Bleep Labs has reintroduced the ThingamaWEEN - an anthropmorphic robot synthesizer, styled for Halloween. 
Four options are available:

Bella Lubleepy - vampire
The Ghost of Robot TB1X - robo-ghost
Jack-O-Lumen - jack-o-lantern
The Modern Prometh-O-Lux - monster

The Thingamaween retails for $130. 

 

The Furby Youth Choir, live at Bleeplabs.

 

Threadless has announced a new contest, and the winner will get a Thingamagoop synth.
Here’s the story:
Our doorbell here at Threadless broke, so the tech awesome dudes hacked together a magnificent replacement for it out of this super mega awesome noise making synthesizer robot!
Our friends at Bleep Labs sent us a Thingamagoop, and he’s doing a [...]

 

HackaDay has a nice tutorial that looks at hacking the Thingamakit anthropomorphic synthesizer.
Hacks include adding a waveshaper knob, a sine wave switch and an audio input. If you’re thinking about getting a Thingamakit - this is a must read before you dive in. Kits are $55, or $65 with the enclosure.

 

Surachai’s video capturing the creating of a ThingamaKIT synth monster.

 

Bleep Labs has introduced the Thingamakit - a DIY project that lets you build your own anthropomorphic noise maker.
According to Bleep Labs, the Thingamakit features “all the sounds of Thingamagoop plus
triangle wave LEDacle with shape and speed control. Second photocell patchable to modulator and photocell rate. Square and Triangle wave output.
The satisfaction for making an [...]