Sunday Synth Jam: Synthtopia regular Torley takes a break from Second Life and amplifying your awesome to unleash a very soothing synth jam, Magic Music Time.

You can check out Torley’s music at Torley.com and his videos on Youtube, too.

Would you play this thing?

The Otamatone is a new sound toy designed by CUBE works and Maywa Denki, Japan’s new-media artist.

More below.

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MakerShed is now selling the SX-150 Analog Synthesizer Kit, a $45.99 kit that lets you build a simple synthesizer. 

Here’s a demo video for the SX-150:

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There are a lot more SX-150 videos on YouTube, and a lot of people are coming up with SX-150 hacks, too.

Description:

This cool little synth kit is easy to put together, requires no soldering and is easy to hack (see links below). There are no English instructions included (book and kit are in Japanese but beautifully done) but the detailed illustrations are more than enough to easily put this kit together. 4 AA batteries (not included)

Features

• Size: 4.5 x 6 inches
• Controls for LFO, pitch envelope, frequency cutoff, resonance and attack/decay
• Slide controller (pen type electrode)
• Output and external input 1/8″ Jacks
• Small built-in speaker

jetdaisuke does his thing with the SX 150 Gakken Analog Synthesizer, which is a simple battery-powered synth toy that is packaged with the August issue of Otona No Kagaku (Japanese for Adult Of Science).