Dave Cornutt offers a nice overview of how a VCO works: Synth circuit designers, starting with Moog and Buchla in the early 1960s, long ago turned to “artificial” oscillator circuits that do not rely on natural resonance. Rather, they rely on an analog implementation of a mathematical function that can be made to increase and… Read More How A VCO works
At the 2008 Winter NAMM Show, Analog Suicide‘s Tara Busch talked to Peter Grenader and got the latest scoop on the Plan B modular synthesizer.
Bighead Electronics is selling a limited edition pre-modded C64, the Bent64 (eBay). The system comes completely loaded Paul Slocum’s Cynthcart, a custom program which helps the heavily modded Commodore produce a wild cacophony of retro noise as you press keys on the keyboard. It’s still fully functional as a standard C64, too, with the flip… Read More Bent64 –
The iAno is – you guessed it – a virtual piano for the iPhone. This is available now as a free download for jailbroken iPhones. Let’s hope that when Apple officially opens up the iPhone to developers that they let everybody get at this sort of delightful weirdness. Features A complete four octave keyboard. Multi-touch.… Read More iPhone Piano
Stephen Hobley has put together a collection of information on how to build a laser harp. Here’s a video of the laser harp in action:
Open Labs has introduced a companion to the Timbaland Special Edition MiKo. The Timbaland Special Edition NeKo, an all-in-one production studio powered by Windows XP, is capable of running virtually any Windows XP compatible software including a variety of DAW software, virtual instruments (VSTi), virtual effects (VST) and other music applications. “Timbaland wanted the ability… Read More Open Labs Announces Timbaland Special Edition NeKo Keyboard
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At the 2008 NAMM Show, Waldorf was showing this diminutive synth in a tiny booth in an obscure area of the show basement. Not an auspicious display, but at least the Blofeld synth has a good pedigree. The Blofeld engine delivers the same sound that so many Waldorf users worldwide love when they play their… Read More Preview The Blofeld Synthesizer
Mitchell Sigman, keyboardist with Berlin, gives a great introduction to the Synthesizers.com modular system from his North Hollywood studio. Big knobs are where it’s at! via Tara
The MidWest Homemade Experimental Electronics Showcase will be held Sat, Feb 16th in Chicago. The show starts at 10:30 and the lineup includes: Roth Mobot (www.RothMobot.com) Créme DeMentia (www.MySpace.com/CremeDeMentia) Talking Computron (www.MySpace.com/TalkingComputron) Factory Smoke (www.MySpace.com/FactorySmoke) Sounds Happy (www.MySpace.com/SoundsHappy) Cliplead (www.ClipLead.com) The venue is a low key little bar called Hotti Biscotti located on 3545 W… Read More MidWest Homemade Experimental Electronics Showcase
