AtomoSynth has introduced the Abyssal, an analog photo-noise-machine & oscillating-filter: This synth features one square and saw waveform VCO (voltage controlled oscillator) with a huge pitch range, from subsonic to ultrasonic sound controlled by a big photocell (pitch control) allowing to play it like a photo Theremin. One square and triangle waveform LFO (low frequency… Read More AtomoSynth’s Abyssal Photo Theremin
Tom Whitwell, of Music Thing, put together this quick demo of the Chimera BC16 mini modular synthesizer. Says Whitwell: “Soundtrack is just random tweaking and patching, good bits edited from five minutes of noise.”
Fairlight synthesizer creator Peter Vogel has posted his private collection of MP3s, featuring Fairlight demos, radio interviews and CMI pieces from the 80’s. There are even a couple of recordings from the Fairlight CMI’s predecessor, the Qasar M8, designed by Tony Furse. The M8 did not use sampling, the sounds were generated by additive Fourier… Read More Peter Vogel’s Fairlight Audio Archives
Widgetfreak explains how he built a “ghetto talk box”, using a toilet plunger, an old speaker, some tube and a cheap-ass synth keyboard. Here’s mootbooxie’s take on making a ghetto talk box: What can you do with a ghetto talk box, once you’ve taped together all your old junk? Well, you can make a talk… Read More Build A Ghetto Talk Box
EWI “Electronic Wind Instrument” FUNK w/ Mike Theiss was uploaded by: funkscribe
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Electronic Peasant has posted a great series of photos detailing his very cool SynthCase synth DIY project: This project is the first in a series of synthesizer “multi-modules” that will be built in heavy-duty equipment road cases. A friend had passed on to me a bunch of used cases from obsolete equipment that were being… Read More Incredible Synth DIY Project: The SynthCase
A short film, by Martin Shoeneborn, about having an annoying roommate with a lot of synths. Best line: “Dude! Fucking recording!”
Here are a set of video demos of the Starkey Hearing Science modular synthesizer: Starkey Hearing Science modular synthesizer Pt 1 Here’s what poster scienceforce has to say about the system: Starkey Hearing Science analog modular synthesizer laboratory. It is a scientific instrument, with many particular synthesis features… with this gear you can also process… Read More Starkey Hearing Science Modular Synthesizer
Cornell sophomore Cameron demos his muscle-controlled music synthesizer. It’s kind of like a theremin, except for the part where you shave your arms and send electricity through your muscles. Note that “it only burns a little”!
Remember Wireless Sound Objects? We didn’t have too much to go on before, but Assault with Sugar has the details: Wireless Sound Objects are like the modules of a modular synthesizer, exploded into individual physical objects that provide an engaging way to experience unique, collaborative, musical process. They exist as a variety of objects that… Read More Wireless Sound Objects
