Free Software Synthesizer Offers 4 Billion Presets & Makes Orgasm Noises

Oh My God! Yes! Yes! Image Line has released a new free software synthesizer, AutoGun, that promises to let you search 4,294,967,296 presets for their acoustic potential. Based on the official screenshot, it also offers a preset that “sounds like an orgasm.” Who knows? There might be multiple orgasms buried in those 4,294,967,296 presets. Unfortunately,… Read More Free Software Synthesizer Offers 4 Billion Presets & Makes Orgasm Noises

June 5, 2009June 6, 20095 Comments

With Gear This Sexy, Who Needs Advertising?

The Snyderphonics Manta is a new illuminated touch-sensitive interface for controlling music or video that combines alien sexiness with open-ended flexibility. Each sensor in the Manta’s hexagonal array can tell exactly how much surface area your finger is covering, and this data can be routed to any audio or video parameter you choose. For instance,… Read More With Gear This Sexy, Who Needs Advertising?

June 2, 2009June 29, 20102 Comments

The Geekiest Synth Ever?

Image: Neil O’Reilly Python Cookbook modded to contain a synthesizer. At (where else) Maker Faire. via the Synthtopia Flickr Group

June 2, 2009June 2, 2009Leave a comment

Martha Stewart And Her Mom Decide The APC40 Ableton Live Controller Is Something Good

Martha Stewart and her mom, in this completely unretouched photo, decide that the Akai APC40 Ableton Live controller is something good. via SuzieSunshine, via MarkMosher

June 1, 20095 Comments

Harmonic Synthesizer

Image: Ricardipus This is another fantastic shot of the Harmonic Synthesizer: In the lobby of the McLennan physics building, University of Toronto. The pitches are actually labeled on the wooden blocks – Mi5, Re5, and so on. This marvelous machine was used to dress the output of the large fork and resonator with a controlled… Read More Harmonic Synthesizer

June 1, 2009June 1, 2009Leave a comment

The Philips PMC 100 Portable Synthesizer

Philips pmc 100 (simple programming) was uploaded by: fuckingharpsichord
Duration: 195
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May 31, 2009May 31, 20096 Comments

If The Rock-afire Explosion Had Played Nine Inch Nails In 1991, Showbiz Pizza Would Still Be Open

Nine Inch Nails * 1,000,000 * The Rock-afire Explosion!! was uploaded by: fanprograms
Duration: 297
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May 28, 2009May 28, 20091 Comment

Ralph Lundsten’s Andromeda Galaxy

Ralph Lundsten’s Andromeda Galaxy may be just about the juiciest slice of quirky retronica goodness that we’ve ever served up at Synthtopia. This VBS.tv Motherboard video profiles Ralph Lundsten, a Swedish composer of electronic music, film director, artist and author: Raised in a tiny town north of the arctic circle, Ralph was composing quasi-religious ambient… Read More Ralph Lundsten’s Andromeda Galaxy

May 28, 2009May 28, 20098 Comments

Kid-Powered Synthesizer For Playgrounds

An Fun Application of Wavelet Processing was uploaded by: emh203
Duration: 144
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May 28, 2009Leave a comment

The Ultimate Bleep and Bloop Box

Ultimate Bleep and Bloop Box was uploaded by: otemrellik
Duration: 574
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May 27, 20091 Comment