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.
Category: Electronic Music & Recording Gear
Rozzbox Retube Demo
This is a demo of the L.L. Electronics Rozzbox into the great sounding Vermona Retubeverb. First you hear the dry, then the wet. Although the Retubeverb doesn’t have as many features as the Retroverb, it does have an amazing tube-tone spring reverb character and a three-band equalizer.
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
synthPond Brings Ambient Spatial Synthesis To The iPhone
synthPond is a relaxing spatial sequencer and audio toy, available in the app store for $1.99. Unlike a normal sequencer where you place notes on a grid and a moving playhead plays them, in synthPond you place nodes in a field (pond). There are two major types of nodes. Circular nodes release waves at certain intervals.… Read More synthPond Brings Ambient Spatial Synthesis To The iPhone
Moving A Hammond Organ
Dave Cornutt has posted a great blog post over at Sequence 15 about moving in his Hammond organ: About the organ: It’s an A100, one of the spinet styles that Hammond produced mainly for the home market. Despite that, it’s a full-up tonewheel organ, with exactly the same layout, sound generation, and controls as the… Read More Moving A Hammond Organ
DIY Project Updates Vintage 8-Bit Game Sound
hard plAYer is an DIY 8 bit tunes hardware player, which allows you to listen to the same melodies you could listen to in some of the 80’s home computers and videogame consoles. In future versions, it will also work as MIDI synthesizer. Its audio sound generator porcessor is the General Instruments AY-3891X – the same one… Read More DIY Project Updates Vintage 8-Bit Game Sound
Waldorf Q Wavetable Sound
Waldorf Q Wavetable Sound was uploaded by: kay396ss
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Roland Offering Free Drum Kit Downloads
Roland is offering a free Drum Kit download for the MV-Series Production Studios: MA Dirt & Grime. This new drum kit is available for existing MV-8000 and MV-8800 owners and spans a range of musical styles from urban, R&B and electro house. The kit has a slightly gritty sound and a wider-than-normal range of sensitivity,… Read More Roland Offering Free Drum Kit Downloads
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
Synth Monster Rides A Turntable
Last week, we featured a lo-fi 3D animation of cartoon characters on a turntable. This video features a Bleep Labs Thingamagoop synth monster taking a turntable ride, too. via apc
