Remember the Beavis Board DIY effect pedal kit? The OpenStomp Coyote-1 is a similarly open-ended effects processor, except that it’s for digital effects. Coyote-1 is an open source audio effects processor, built for guitar players. But there’s no law that says guitar players get to have all the fun! With the Coyote-1, users can develop… Read More OpenStomp Coyote-1 Is An Open Source Effects Processor
Timothy Renalto’s The Bad Hand is a sort of plasma theremin. It doesn’t really improve on the idea of the theremin, but it does look pretty awesome. via MusicThing
Beavis Audio has introduced the Beavis Board, an effects pedal DIY kit designed to streamline the creation and testing of pedal-styleeffects. According to Beavis, the kit is designed to make it easy to: Build a huge array of stompbox circuits including overdrives, distortions, fuzzes, filters, amplifiers, tremolos, noise generators, oscillators, and more. Learn about the… Read More The Beavis Board Is A DIY Stompbox Toolkit
2008 Summer NAMM Show: Source Audio is shipping its new line of Soundblox effects pedals. Source Audio will also provide a free Hot Hand wired sensor pack with the Soundblox Wah, Phaser and Flanger while supplies last. Based on the Hot Hand Wah Filter and Hot Hand Phaser/Flanger effects systems, the new Soundblox Tri-Mod Wah,… Read More Source Audio Shiping Soundblox Pedals
This little beast is Ooh La La‘s Synth Mangler. Oo La La is a boutique pedal shop that makes quirky effects. The Synth Mangler contains two Soda Meiser circuits in one box, each has its own volume control, hiss and chaos modes. The Synth Mangler’s joystick controls the horizontal and the vertical of each fuzz,… Read More Ooh La La Ships Synth Mangler
Bob Chidlaw from Source Audio demonstrates what can be done with 2 rings controlling synth parameters using Hot Hand Soundblox controllers: You can make awesome chainsaw sound effects with your hands. You can make the photographer keel over. We need some of these things!
I’ve had my eye on the Boss RE 20 Space Echo, which is based on the classic Roland RE201 tape echo, for a while. The RE 20 Space Echo basically reproduces many of the effects that are possible using an analog tape delay, but does it in a reliable, affordable digital package. This video shows… Read More Boss Space Echo Reincarnates Classic Electronic Music Tape Effects
I’m a massive Budd & Eno fan. The Pearl & Ambient 2: The Plateax of MIrrors are two of the most gorgeous and important works of ambient music. So I was excited to see music blogger Matthew G Davidson (Stretta) offer his take on the classic work of Budd & Eno. Here’s a little background… Read More Matthew G Davidson: A Monome Glitchtronica Take On Harold Budd
BigCityMusic is the culprit behind this frenetic hardcore synth porn jam video. It demos the Minomoog Voyager running into the Malekko Heavy Industry Assmaster. They call this octave-up fuzz “brutal”. Between the brutal Assmaster, the Fucking Fucker and the recent splooge of NSFW synth videos, though, we can pretty much kiss getting lunch-time traffic from… Read More This Assmaster Video May Get Us Banned From Your Office
Velvet Acid Christ‘s Bryan Erickson has published a nice interview with Scott Jaeger, the guy behind The Harvestman‘s digital synth modules. The Harvestman has introduced some of the most interesting and innovative new synth modules in recent memory, including the TymeSefari loop sampler/delay and the Malgorithm voltage-controlled bit-crusher. Here are a few highlights: BE: What… Read More Interview With Harvestman’s Scott Jaeger
