Jooris Benny has shared some great pictures of an ARP 2500 synthesizer. The ARP 2500 is a synth classic, and it was the first synth I ever used, at the University of Kansas, before I could afford my own! It uses a combination of patch chords and matrix switches to create connections. Each module’s panel… Read More Arp 2500 Synthesizer
2008 Summer NAMM Show: Yamaha announced the MOTIF-RACK XS Tone Generator. Description: Utilizing the very same sounds as the famed MOTIF XS, the MOTIF-RACK XS includes 1,152 dynamic and authentic Voices, 65 exciting drums kits, and a comprehensive synthesis engine for building custom Voices. These Voices are the basis for further sound creation and customization… Read More Yamaha Motif-Rack XS Tone Generator
Got $1,200? Then maybe it’s time to get your Tenori-On. Keyfax NewMedia has announced that it has Yamaha’s Tenori-On in stock. With that in mind, here are five reasons to get your Tenori-On: Ooh, the pretty lights. It’s cheaper than a Monome. You’ve got a better demo video in you than Yamaha’s boring demo Tenori-On… Read More Five Reasons To Get Your Tenori-On
Over at The Steampunk Workshop, Jake von Slatt has a nice write up on a Jules Verne inspired analog synthesizer with etched brass control panels. While we’ve seen hundreds of nice modular synths, you have to admit the etched brass panels on this are pretty sextacular. Here’s what the synth’s creator has to say about… Read More Awesome Steampunk Modular Synthesizer
Clockwork Robot has introduced a solar powered theremin kit: This is an electronics kit suitable for beginners but it DOES require some soldering. With very few parts you can build a tiny solar powered theremin enclosed in an ALTOIDS mint tin. So when the oil runs out, the ice caps melt and civilization crumbles to… Read More Build A Solar Powered Theremin
Arc Attack from Flipside 2008. ArcAttack employs a unique DJ set up of their own creation (an HVDJ set up) to generate an ‘electrifying’ audio visual performance. The HVDJ pumps music through a PA System while two specially designed DRSSTC’s (Dual-Resonant Solid State Tesla Coils) act as separate synchronized instruments. These machines produce an electrical… Read More Tesla Coils Do “Popcorn”
This video, by Oliver Chesler of Wire to the Ear, demos the Voice of Saturn synth DIY synthesizer & sequencer kits.
Things to Come Records posted some nice Flickr shots of the Voice of Saturn Sequencer & Synthesizer. These are a couple of cool synth DIY kits that should be suitable for even beginners.
The Moog Guitar is expected to debut at the Summer NAMM show in Nashville. “It’s not a guitar synthesizer; not a MIDI guitar; not an effects processor,” according to Moog Music President Mike Adams. “The guitarist is intimately connected to The Moog Guitar because it works its magic on the strings themselves.” The Moog Guitar… Read More Moog Guitar To Debut At Summer NAMM Show
Music Thing’s Tom Whitwell has posted a short review of the Chimera BC16 mini-synth, a tiny semi-modular synthesizer. The Chimera BC16 is a $269 miniature patch synthesizer, offering a VCO, LFO, 24dB VCF, VCA, envelope generator, noise source, ring modulator and headphone amplifier – all in a crisp, white, round, CNC machined acrylic housing the same… Read More Chimera BC16 Mini Synth Review
