While a tragic fate may still await most guys that play the keytar, there may still be hope. This photo proves that a guy can look completely badass playing the Zen Riffer Solo Axe – a custom MIDI keyboard instruments. Unfortunately, these start at about $3,000. Anybody made an equally bad ass portable keyboard?
Alesis has announced a new YouTube contest, the Show Your Rig Video Competition. This sounds a bit like a single entendre – but if you’ve got Alesis equipment and you show your rig on YouTube, you could win a big package and upgrade your gear. Here are the details: Do you love your Alesis gear?… Read More Alesis “Show Your Rig” Video Contest
Seriously Wacky Christmas Light Show with 3D moving snowflake movie created with Thousands of light bulbs. Music is “Barn Dance on Saturn” by Jean-Jacques Perrey and Dana Countryman. Here’s a Christmas synth link roundup for you. Until tomorrow, Merry Synthmas! Get a free Windows gate effect for Christmas at Starplugs 15% off at DJ Tech Tools Holiday greetings… Read More Merry Christmas Synthmas Link Roundup
Here’s a bit of Raymond Scott holiday trivia: Summit, New Jersey, Christmas 1942: The “famous Raymond Scott Quintet, featuring Dorothy Collins,” performs for a “Holiday Assembly” at the Masonic Hall. Scott performed his composition Silent Music. This “unrecorded” work has long been part of Scott lore—a “composition” consisting of no notes, a silent performance in… Read More Merry Synthmas: Before John Cage, There Was Raymond Scott
Vicmod has a great interview with Laurie Biddulph Of Elby Designs. Elby Designs sells a variety of kits for making synths, including the ASM2 modular synthesizer and the Panther euro modules. In the interview, Biddulph discusses why he got started making synth kits: I first became interested in electronics when at High school back in England. I… Read More An Interview With Laurie Biddulph Of Elby Designs
The second of Virtuality podcast features The Making of Bolero Electronica and talks about the inspiration for using 75 years of synthesizers; the origins of the instruments; and the challenge of putting it all together, including footage of rare keyboards used at the esteemed Cantos Foundation. Along with composer Amin Bhatia, guests including Roland founder… Read More The Making Of Bolero Electronica
The Deedlecast is a weekly audio podcast featuring ill-begotten mashups, chillout, downtempo, or dance mixes and remixes of every conceivable kind. You can preview the Deedlecast below: [display_podcast] In this podcast episode, DJDeedle liberally applies the Crystal Method to create a hard, ordered repeating pattern extending in all auditory dimensions. This Deedlecast contains a couple of… Read More The Deedlecast: Free Mashups And Mixes Via DJ Deedle
This video, via RetroSound, explores using the Korg Wavestation & Roland JD-800 to create an ambient track, Arctic Circle. Pads and fx sounds: Korg Wavestation SR played with the DX7 II CS-80 like brass sound: Roland JD-800
The latest in Switched-On Synth‘s Synth Programming series looks at creating a harpsichord-like sound with a synthesizer.
Nothing says Christmas like a circuit bent Casio KS03! Bent using ltc1799 oscillator module from getlofi.com.
