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This is quick demo of the Pikachu goggle synthesizer – a circuit bent Pikachu toy.

via Kaseo:

Pikachu built into a goggle operated by controller of pitch and trigger

pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/65388889@N00/sets/72157618608530336/

Sunday Synth Jam: In this video, Torley offers his tips and tricks on “guitar shredding” with your synth keyboard.

He touches on Iron butterfly, Jan Hammer, violin lessons, arpeggios, Scorpions, whammy bars and more along the way!

via Torley

Joining keytar goddesses Juliette Commagare and Imogen Heap is Lauren Rocket, of punk girl group Rocket.  

Rocket describes itself as “a volatile combination that leaves one wondering what the results would be if the Shangri-Las crashed the stage during an early Motley Crue gig.” Read more…

Robot Goes Here is an electropunk project of Dave Rand. After eight years playing in punk bands, Rand switched to laptop retro-chip sounds and a DIY approach.

There’s a lot of interesting 8-bit style synth work on Robot Goes Here’s The Byte Is In My Blood, including chip-noise drums and arpeggios. It sounds like Rand is trying to bring the attitude of punk to retro-electro.

The Achilles’ heel of the CD, though, is the songs, which fail to deliver the hooks and impact of great punk songs. The highlight of the CD is a cover of AC/DC’s Back In Black, which is “sung” by a voice synthesizer. The result is a bit like Stephen Hawking trying to rock out.

There’s a lot of unrealized potential on The Byte is in My Blood. We liked the chip sound synthwork and punk vocal approach. Rand’s talent might be better served, though, if he had bandmates to bounce his songs of.

Big Fish Audio has released a couple of new sample libraries, punk and a technocore collections. You can preview them below.
Punk & Indie Rock: Slammin Sounds of So-Cal

Description:

Producer and musician Dan Diaz turns out some of the hardest-hitting Punk and Indie Rock tracks available anywhere. Packed with tons of raw material, this DVD showcases the authentic pace and volume of today’s Southern California music scene.

Raised in the Poway community of San Diego, famed by Blink 182, Diaz delivers tight, hard-thumping punk anthems and underground hits typical of middle-class Southern California suburbs. The drum and bass tracks alone are so rich that adding “Punk & Indie Rock” to your collection just for these elements is worth the price of admission.

If you ever wanted to assemble slammin’ tracks in the style of today’s hottest indie bands, now is the time to take “Slammin’ sounds of So-Cal” in the studio with you! Read more…

 

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