Circuit Bent Laser Gun Toy Sound Effect Synth
A demo of a Circuit Bent Toy Laser Gun, 6 Different Sounds Cool L.E.D. Light show, Pitch Bend and 1/4″ instrument out.
Category: Electronic Instruments
The Phantastron Vacuum Tube Synthesizer
A demonstration of an assembled Electric Western Phantastron vacuum tube synthesizer. This Phantastron was built for a customer from the same components & case parts in the standard kit. The Phantastron has a 30’s vacuum tube sound, like an Ondes Martenot in the highs and a Trautonium in the low range. Phantastron was recorded direct… Read More The Phantastron Vacuum Tube Synthesizer
Building A Phantastron Tube Synthesizer
Collin Cunningham of MAKE magazine is currently building an Electric Western Phantastron all tube synthesizer and is documenting his progress with photos.
V-Machine Turns Your Software Instruments And Effects Into Hardware
SM Pro Audio has anounced the V-Machine, a compact VST/VSTi hardware playback module that you can load up with VST instrument and effect plug-ins to use without a computer. Description: The V-Machine is a compact VST/VSTi hardware playback module built for performance keyboard players and DJ’s. It is one little beast that can’t be underestimated once… Read More V-Machine Turns Your Software Instruments And Effects Into Hardware
Adding MIDI To A 125 Year-Old Pipe Organ
The WaldFlöte project is a MIDI retrofit of an 1890’s-era 16 foot pipe organ. The video demos the WaldFlöte doing a little Dueling Banjos action. It converts MIDI input into solenoid drive to directly press the keys on one of the manuals – there is no permanent modification to the organ. Members of Dorkbot Edinburgh spent the… Read More Adding MIDI To A 125 Year-Old Pipe Organ
Bizarre Steampunk Spirograph Acid Synthesizer
This bizarre little DIY synth is part steampunk, part spirograph. The circle with the lines that you see on the top of the machine rotates and displays the note you are playing. Details on the Acid Machine here.
Bode Frequency Shifter Demo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oAlFj4aIvM&fmt=6 Nice subtle demo of the Analogue Systems Rs240 Bode Frequency Shifter via Stordahl Musikk. Rhodes piano thru Rs35 External Source Processor picking up the dynamics of the piano and modulate the depth of the Rs240 creating a nice panning effect.
Brainwave Synthesis With Percussa AudioCubes
In this video, Okudaira-san from MI7 Japan, is using a brainwave analyzer from IBVA to get signals from his brain into the computer, which control the red, green and blue color channels of a Percussa AudioCube. Percussa’s Bert Schiettecatte is looking for cool AudioCubes demos, so if you’re using them in a unique way, let… Read More Brainwave Synthesis With Percussa AudioCubes
Moog Guitar Demo By Jake Cinninger of Umphrey’s McGee
Jake Cinninger of Umphrey’s McGee takes the Moog Guitar for a spin. Includes a great example of using the on-board Moog Ladder Filter with distortion.
Why Buchla Synthesizers?
At the new Buchla Tech blog, Mark Verbos offers 14 reasons why the Buchla 200 is “the best modular electronic instrument ever made.” Here are a few highlights: 1. Don Buchla designed the front panel of his instruments first and the electronics second. A musician himself, this means that each module was an idea for… Read More Why Buchla Synthesizers?
