Former Sequential Circuits designer John Bowen has announced that that the first production of his Solaris mega-synth is now planned for late September 2008, with delivery shortly thereafter. Pre-orders for the second series of production are available now, with a $1000/800 EUR deposit, and the $3599/2400 EUR final price. Bowen is best known for his… Read More John Bowen’s Solaris Mega-Synth Available For Order
Howard tests a Roland guitar synth (Part 1) was uploaded by: Skodster
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Who needs blinky lights when you’ve got bare flesh to work with? Rory Harnden’s Body Music is a visual demonstration of a synthesizer made for an ergonomics class. The synth makes music according to skin contact between wearers of wrist-bands.
Samson has introduce StudioDock, a USB studio monitor that lest you play or “stream” digital audio via USB directly to the monitors. The monitors also provide an onboard iPod dock so you can sync, charge and play music from your iPod. Available in 3i (3-inch woofer) and 4i (4-inch woofer) configurations, the monitors offer 2… Read More Samson Puts USB Dock On StudioDock 3i Active USB Monitors
The Electric Pick Synth is one of the stranger circuit bent instrument ideas. Features: 2 Photo-Cells 1 Pitch/On-Off Tone range switch 8 Ohm Speaker Speaker On-Off switch Guitar contact hookup wire Runs on a 9 volt battery Suggested uses: Route the pick into a reverb and a wah-wah pedal for an instant analog filter Dazzle… Read More Bizarro Circuit-Bent Guitar Pick Synth
Moog Music has announced a free update for owners of the Moog Voyager and Little Phatty synths The new Voyager 3.4 Operating System features extensive local control options, new touch surface features and enhanced pot resolution. All the great sonic capability of the Little Phatty Stage Edition is enhanced with the addition of an arpeggiator… Read More Moog Offers OS Upgrades For Voyager And Little Phatty
This 20 minute tutorial, created by Ethan Winer, shows how to program analog-style hardware and software synthesizers. Topics include oscillators, ADSR envelope generators, filters, LFOs, and much more. Waveforms are shown on an oscilloscope to better understand what’s happening under the hood.
Peter Speer demos the Voice of Saturn sequencer, an inexpensive DIY sequencer kit. He’s also got a review at his site. Bottom line? “In total, the Voice of Saturn Sequencer took me three nights to complete (about 12 hours altogether). If you have more experience in kit building than I do (which is to say… Read More Voice of Saturn Sequencer demo on Vimeo
repeatle created this bassline showdown – a comparison between the x0xb0x, TB-303 and ABL 2.10. And guess what? They’re all good…..
This month’s Electronic Musician has an interesting profile of Alessandro Cortini, best known for his work with Nine Inch Nails. In the article, Cortini discusses his Buchla 200e modular synthesizer: “It was kind of like buying a car. But this takes me more places than a car. It’s my favorite piece of gear. If I… Read More NIN’s Alessandro Cortini On The Buchla 200e
