The Evolution Of Small Synthesizers
jetdaisuke apparently has loads of cash, because he’s always demoing new toys. Here, he demos a series of increasingly tiny small synthesizers. What’s next after the iPhone synthesizer?
Category: Electronic Instruments
Richard Devine On The Percussa AudioCubes
Image: percussa Percussa’s Bert Schiettecatte has published a nice interview with Atlanta electronica artist Richard Devine.
Music From Outer Space Whacky Sound Generator
This is a demo video of the Whacky Sound Generator, a synth DIY project from Music From Outer space.
Musical Applications for Multi-Touch Interfaces
This short demo video explores the various ways the BricK Table tangible and multi-touch interface can be used for creating and composing music. Brick Table was created by Jordan Hochenbaum and Owen Vallis. An open-ended interface, Brick Table has been used in both the installation settings as well as live performance.
Using The Moog CP-251 Control Processor
Moog is running a promotion through the end of the year, offering a free Moog CP-251 Control Processor with the purchase of one of their synths. A lot of people have no idea what the CP-251 is good for though, so they made this video, featuring Jordan Rudess and Brian Kehew, that offers an overview of… Read More Using The Moog CP-251 Control Processor
How To Build A Mini-Theremin In 60 Seconds
This is an accelerated assembly video for the $29.95 Gakken Mini-Theremin kit, via Make Magazine. Description: The theremin, invented in 1919 by Russian scientist Leon Theremin, is one of the world’s earliest fully electronic instruments, and is also unique in that it was the first musical instrument designed to be played without being touched. The… Read More How To Build A Mini-Theremin In 60 Seconds
Phantastron Tube Synth Destroys Guitar
This is a demo of the Electric Western Phantastron all tube synthesizer processing and resynthesizing guitar.
The Beat Bike, A Bizarre Bike-Mounted Drum Machine
Hardware hacker Michael Una explains his Beat Bike – an interactive bike-mounted drum machine. Sensors mounted on a bicycle frame are activated by spinning the bicycle’s front wheel. Once activated, they trigger a single drum sound- kick drum, snare, tom-tom, and “disco-bleep” from a kids’ toy drum machine. As the wheel spins, the sensors are… Read More The Beat Bike, A Bizarre Bike-Mounted Drum Machine
Absolute Deviation Marimba Lumina
The Marimba Lumuna is a unique MIDI percussion instrument, designed by synth pioneer Don Buchla. Absolute Deviation recently purchased the remaining stock of Marimba Lumina parts from Nearfield Systems. Absolute Deviation was founded by long-time Buchla technician, Joel Davel. Joel has worked for Don Buchla since 1993. The company offers replacement chips and parts for the Marimba Lumina. It also plans to offer… Read More Absolute Deviation Marimba Lumina
The Funx Capacitor Takes Noise Synthesis Back To The Future
This is a demo of the Funx capacitor, a Glitchy analog synth designed by Zippy: It’s controlled by three mercury tilt-switches and of course, buttons-and-knobs. Fun to play! The sound changes as you rotate the thing. It’s brain is seven square-wave oscillators: three for the “notes,” three for the blinky lights, and one for the “tremolo”… Read More The Funx Capacitor Takes Noise Synthesis Back To The Future
