Simon Inns’ Stylophone Studio 5 is a MIDI controllable clone of the original 1968 Stylophone, which used a PUT based relaxation oscillator (unlike the later versions which were 555 timer based). This video shows the features of the Stylophone Studio 5 and features a soundtrack in which the Stylophone plays the melody, counter melody and… Read More DIY MIDI Stylophone
MIT student Tyler Christensen thought it would be cool to build a musical Telsa coil and then strap it to his head for Halloween. Or as he put it – ‘a really bad idea’. Details on Christensen’s musical tesla coil hat are available at his site.
Sunday Synth Jam: Reader Felix Bernhardt, ‘from cold cold Germany’, captured this minimal techno jam, featuring Machinedrum & Electribe.
Sunday Synth Jam: Reader Rob Schwimmer performs his take on Rachmaninoff’s Etude Tableau in Ebm op39 #5, on the Haken Continuum Keyboard. Schwimmer says that “I’ve always loved the great guitarists of the 60’s–Hendrix, Beck, Clapton, Feiten, etc. As a keyboard player I envied their expressive options–vibrato, note bending, sustain, etc.” I’m not sure if the Hendrix… Read More Hendrix vs Rachmaninoff
Alesis has introduced the SamplePad, a compact four-pad percussion sample playback instrument. SamplePad is has 25 percussion and electronic drum sounds built in, and lets you load their own samples using a standard SD card. An external trigger input and the ability to mount it on virtually any snare stand or rack make it an… Read More Alesis Intros SamplePad Drum Instrument
Konkreet Labs put together this demo video of their Synth In A Book – a MeeBlip synthesizer built into a vintage hardcover book: MeeBlip is being fed MIDI signals from Ableton Live and the audio out is then processed again by Live. Konkreet Performer is controlling the MIDI velocity as well as audio effects. MeeBlip… Read More Build A Synth In A Book
Open Mic: What’s your favorite piece of electronic music making gear? If you had to sell your gear to pay the bills, what would be the last thing to go? Maybe your favorite gear is the first real synth you got. Or maybe your favorite piece of gear is something you had to wait and save… Read More Open Mic: What’s Your Favorite Piece Of Gear?
VXXY has introduced the DCM8 Chip Tune Drum Machine, described as ‘the first dedicated chip tune drum machine”. Features: 64 Patterns in 8 banks of 8. Selectable 8, 16 or 32 steps per pattern with half, normal and double speed timing scales. Adjustable instrument volume, decay and pitch on per step basis. Dual channel architecture… Read More DCM8 Chip Tune Drum Machine Now Available
Reader Jason sent word of this video – a quick look at the Analogue Solutions Concussor line of modular synth drum modules. This video features a brief overview of some of the Concussor drum modules in use. The modules are being triggered via the MT9, MIDI-TRIG module from Analogue Solutions.
This video, via bar|none explores controlling a modular synthesizer with an Eigenharp. It’s meant more as a technical demonstration than as a performance, and addresses some of the technical challenges of the setup. This is a technical demonstration, meaning, I finished the technical coding, hooked it up, patched the simplest thing I could on the… Read More Controlling A Modular Synth With An Eigenharp
