Matthew Davidson (Stretta) shared this short but sweet gear porn movie - “A two-minute visual tour of some of the interesting systems at AHNE this year. Like the previous Flicker set, only moving. And shakier. And blurrier.”

Nick’s World Of Synthesizers is a trip to bizarre DIY synthville. The video gives you a taste of what Nick’s been up to, but you have to visit his site to check out his really interesting, complex creations.
Here’s his DIY philosophy:
I have been making electronic musical instruments for about 10 years. With all my inventions [...]

Here’s the question of the day - why do synth ads have to suck?
Here’s how Korg sells synths:

Here how Jackson sells guitars….

Nothing against Moby, but axe-wielding über-babes beat bald-headed metrosexuals.
Even worse, it looks like Jenna Jameson could kick Moby’s ***.

UK synth guru Tom Bugs’ BugBrand offers a constantly expanding and mutating range of electronic sound & effect devices, all built by hand in Bristol, singly or in small batches.
“All designs mix experimental audio circuitry with ideas taken from the techniques of circuit bending, and bring together many different controls and playing methods to give [...]

Daniel McPharlin has posted a create collection of photos of miniature analog cardboard synths.
Obsessive-compulsively cool.

Korg has announced the addition of an 88-key model with authentic weighted action to its TR line of keyboards (shown, TR61).

The TR features Korg’s HI (Hyper Integrated) synthesis technology — the synthesis system that has made the acclaimed TRITON family a worldwide standard. With 64 MB of PCM ROM containing 470 multisamples and 518 drum [...]

Korg has released Latin & Latin Dance, the latest expansion option for the Professional Arranger series keyboards.
This new collection is available as an expansion board (PaX-EXB02) for the Korg Pa1X and Pa1XPro (v.2.0 or higher), and as an expansion card (RMC-PCM03) for the Pa80 (v.3.06 or higher). “Groove Sampling” captures live performers playing real instruments [...]

While the use of synthesizers has become routine in many types of music, they continue to be controversial when used as a replacement for a traditional orchestra. Kiku Enomoto and her six colleagues at the Opera Company of Brooklyn, members of the local musician’ union, refused to play with the OCB last February when it [...]

Moog Music has announced a new software editor for the Minimoog Voyager, to be available this summer.
The cross platform (Mac/PC) Editor allows instant access to the Voyager’s presets, banks, patches, and edit mode parameters through the computer’s MIDI interface.
Voyager owners will be able to quickly assemble preset banks, categorize and archive presets, create random patches, [...]

EAM collects tracks from the last 15 years or so by electro-acoustic pioneer Barry Schrader.
Most of the work that Schrader presents here is entirely electronic. One piece, Dance from the Outside, combines electronic timbres with music concrete sound manipulation. Schrader does not discuss his techniques or tools, suggesting that the tracks should speak for themselves. [...]

Electro-acoustic music is a term used to describe a broad range of modern classical electronic music. It often explores the interaction of natural and electronically generated sounds and effects.
The term electro-acoustic refers to a process that happens in any microphone or loudspeaker - sound is transformed into electrical signals, and then transformed from electrical form [...]