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
Scientific American this month takes a look at musicophobia – a neurological condition where music can make you have a seizure: Stacey Gayle used to love music. Listening to it and performing it was a big part of her life. She had stacks of CDs in her car, went to concerts of artists like Sean… Read More This Song Could Give You A Seizure
NIN has announced the score on it’s latest release, The Slip The Slip will be available in an individually numbered 2 disc, 6 panel digipak & double gatefold vinyl in the US, Canada, and parts of Japan. The digi will be LIMITED to 200,000 pieces only, each individually numbered, and will include a DVD of… Read More NIN’s The Slip Retail Info
According to the Recording Industry Association of America, shipments of vinyl LPs jumped more than 36 percent from 2006 to 2007, growing to more than 1.3 million. Shipments of CDs dropped more than 17 percent during the same period, to 511 million, as they lost some ground to digital formats Nearly 450 million CDs were… Read More Vinyl Sales Up By 36%
This is a word collage that shows what Synthtopia is all about – music, sound, synthesizers, news and more! This is a weighted display, based on the text of the last week’s posts at Synthtopia. If you go to Wordle.net, you can create your own. If you try it out, leave a link in the comments, so… Read More What This Site Is About, Visualized
Korg has introduced the new nanoSeries line of MIDI control surfaces, designed for mobile music-making. The lineup includes three products: nanoKEY, nanoPAD and nanoKONTROL: nanoKEY is a 25-note, velocity-sensitive model. It will ship with a download code for the full version of Korg’s M1Le – a cutdown version of the synth that forms part of… Read More Korg Intros NanoSeries MIDI Controllers
If this isn’t stupidtacular, I just don’t know what is. Modd3d decided to add MIDI control to his microwave. You can see the results above. This could come in handy at gigs. Right before you take a break, you could heat up some snacks and maybe makes some blender drinks with a few discreet notes… Read More Cook Corn Dogs Via MIDI
<rant>I’m not a big Facebook fan. Yeah – it’s a step above MySpace, but I find that most people that I want to follow, more often than not, have their own blog or site. But, why I really don’t like Facebook is junk like this: the “Give An Analog Synth” app: Basically, it lets you… Read More Why I Hate Facebook
Over at Salon, Camille Paglia writes that Barack Obama is a synthesizer: As an Obama supporter, I of course see things quite differently. Whatever his tactical assertions in the primary trenches, Obama seems to have an open and flexible mind. He is a conciliator and synthesizer, ready to give due respect to opposing views —… Read More Barack Obama Is A Synthesizer
OT: Electronic Arts has introduced the latest in its series of Sims games – The Sims DJ. The Sims DJ is a $5 iPod Game for third-generation iPod nanos, fifth-generation iPods, and iPod classics. Description: The Sims DJ lets you create a Sim character, play, mix and scratch songs from your iTunes library to make crowds of Sims… Read More iPods Get The Sims DJ Game
