Here’s something different – Andrew Benson’s battery-powered wrist synth, aka the Whisper Synth: Here’s another video of the whisper synth in action. I tweaked the circuit a little bit to make the sound a little louder, and am using a 9v battery now with a 7805 regulator to power it. The little lithium coin cells… Read More The Wrist Synth
This deliciously retro video, for the “coming soon” bicplastics.com, revisits the sci fi movies of the 50’s.
Sorry if this ruins your week: Everyone’s favorite George Michael Christmas tune as “sung” by Sheila Saputo.
Ready for some exciting, original and sometimes terrible music? Then check out one of the upcoming International Noise Conference events: International Noise Conference Toronto,Saturday 9 August 2008 International Noise Conference Japan/Korea Tour 2008 website International Noise Conference Euro Tour 2009 website Central & South America / Australia & NZ dates tba International Noise Conference USA… Read More The International Noise Conference
OT: If you find yourself perpetually lusting after the latest synth gear, Joe Raciti’s Cardboard Song: All Hail the Great Blue Whale serves as a reminder that there’s no reason you can’t make interesting music with what you already have – even if it’s just a bunch of cardboard.
The Internet has given circuit bending, the process of hands-on experimentation with battery-powered electronic noise making circuits, a life of its own. If you look hard enough, you’ll find that somebody, somewhere, has circuit bent just about any electrical toy or gadget that you can imagine. Here are thirteen of the most bizarre examples of… Read More 13 Bizarre Circuit Bent Children’s Toys
Roboclarinet is a robotic clarinet player, designed by a team from UNSW and NICTA, that has won first prize at an international orchestra competition. The robot, which performed The Flight of the Bumblebee and Bolero in the final, beat a Dutch developed guitar-picking robot and a Finnish piano-playing machine. Staged in Athens, the goal of… Read More Roboclarinet
Timothy Renalto’s The Bad Hand is a sort of plasma theremin. It doesn’t really improve on the idea of the theremin, but it does look pretty awesome. via MusicThing
Tony Amendolare at ElectroKraft has created a unique new music controller for the NES, the Sonic DrumAxe. Tony’s always coming up with unusual instruments (see our previous ElectroKraft coverage), and the Sonic DrumAxe is no exception. The Sonic DrumAxe is a controller that connects to the Nintendo NES video game system. Used with the Super… Read More Sonic DrumAxe Turns NES Into 8-Bit Percussion Instrument
We’ve talked about brain music before – everything from brain music therapy to binaural brain beat synthesizers to hardcore brain-controlled synth action to bogus stories about dudes controlling synths with mind bullets. It’s hard to believe, but it looks like there may be a commercial future for brain music medicine. According to a Fox News… Read More Using Brain Music To Fight Migraine Headaches
