Synthtopia » musical robot http://www.synthtopia.com/content Synthesizer and electronic music news, synth and music software reviews and more! Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:05:12 +0000 en_us hourly 1 © synthhead@synthtopia.com () synthhead@synthtopia.com() Electronic music news, synthesizers, reviews and more! synthhead@synthtopia.com No no http://www.synthtopia.com/content/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Synthtopia http://www.synthtopia.com/content 144 144 If The Rock-afire Explosion Had Played Nine Inch Nails In 1991, Showbiz Pizza Would Still Be Open http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/05/28/nine-inch-nails-1000000-the-rock-afire-explosion/ http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/05/28/nine-inch-nails-1000000-the-rock-afire-explosion/#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 05:14:51 +0000 synthhead http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=14517
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Fatz Geronimo and The Rock-afire Explosion do their take on Nine Inch Nail’s 1,000,000.

Fans of Nine Inch Nails got together and placed the bids to have this song choreographed as a Rock-afire Explosion performance.

The Rock-afire Explosion uses state of the retro art Apple II systems, modified to control the animatronics. Check out the documentary below, from the Rock-afire Explosion movie, for more details on the process of “scoring” the animatronics in synch with music.

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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.

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