Patchwerk Lets You Control The World’s Largest Modular Synthesizer

Patchwerk is a new web browser-based application that lets you control a massive modular synthesizer, housed at MIT, and hear the results: Patchwerk lets you control a massive analog synthesizer from your browser, and streams the results back to you and everyone connected. The interface on this site is linked to a physical synth cabinet… Read More Patchwerk Lets You Control The World’s Largest Modular Synthesizer

Popcorn Tag Team Synth Jam

Reader Laurent Pelletier sent word about this very nicely done collaborative synth jam cover of the original synth pop classic, Popcorn. Thirteen members of the French audio forum Audiokeys worked together to make the video, a cover of Gershon Kingsley’s 70’s hit. “We are very different about our musical tastes,” notes Pelletier. “Our gear starts from the Stylophone up to… Read More Popcorn Tag Team Synth Jam

The Ondes Martenot

This video features Jean Laurendeau discussing and demonstrating the rare Ondes Martenot, an early electronic musical instrument, created in 1928 by Maurice Martenot. Laurendeau explains the various control and timbral options of the Ondes Martenot and plays some familiar melodies, especially at the end!