The Cortex Rap

NAMM demo vet James Bernard was showing off the latest Cortex dj gear when a man came up and started freestyling the Cortex rap. If you can identify the rapper – let me know in the comments!

The Roland GR-20 Guitar Synthesizer

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=11250783B00089E8 The Roland GR-20 Guitar Synthesizer is the latest guitar synth in a long line of guitar synths from Roland. The videos above offer Roland’s official introductions to the GR-20. To use the GR-20, you: Attach the included GK-3 Divided Pickup to your steel-stringed electric (no drilling necessary). Second, select the type of sound you… Read More The Roland GR-20 Guitar Synthesizer

BBTV Talks To 8-Bit Artists

Boing Boing Gadgets editor Joel Johnson chats about chiptunes with a number of artists who performed at the most recent installment of the 8-bit music event Blipfest: Paza Rahm (pazarahm.com, from Sweden), Rugar (rugarandi.com, Sweden), Sabrepulse (myspace.com/sabrepulse, Scotland) and Akira, aka 8GB (myspace.com/8gb, Argentina).