PowerFX has released a creepy new video to showcase its virtual vocalist, Sweet Ann. The video pits Sweet Ann, the girl from Cy-beria, VS. Kitto, the reigning & raging rock queen from the outback of Australia: It makes a great case for bringing in a real vocalist, doesn’t it? You can find out more about… Read More Creepy Video Showcase Limitations Of Virtual Vocalists
This is sort of stupidtacular, but at least it can handle the Prodigy. Here’s how it works: A hard drive voice coil circuit is hacked to allow it to be directly connected to a stereo output. This allows audio to move the hard drive read write head. Mirrors are positioned on the center of the… Read More Hard Drive Oscilloscope May Be Useless, But It Looks Cool
Headph0ne Phet1sh is one of the stranger sites that we’ve come across recently. It’s a site devoted to “all manner of ladies wearing all kinds of headphones.” They aren’t kidding, either. The site has collected hundreds, if not thousands of photos of woman in headphones. Here’s a slice of what the slice is all about…..
emutronic’s Victorian Synth demonstrates some ways of generating sounds from crap you have around the house: But can it play “Lucky Man”? via Sonic State
Chris has been working on his animatronic programming and guess what – the Chuck-E-Cheese robots now do gangsta rap. Check out their cover of Ms. New Booty: Here’s a little background on what goes into these stupidtacular animatronic shows:
This video, via demjp8RqDA, shows a solid-state Tesla coil “singing”. Here’s an explanation of how it works: The primary runs at its resonant frequency in the 41 KHz range, and is modulated from the control unit in order to generate the tones you hear. It is the actual high voltage sparks that are making the… Read More Using A Tesla Coil As A Synthesizer
Here’s the question of the day – why do synth ads have to suck? Here’s how Korg sells synths: Here how Jackson sells guitars…. Nothing against Moby, but axe-wielding über-babes beat bald-headed metrosexuals. Even worse, it looks like Jenna Jameson could kick Moby’s ***.
The Super Mario Bros. AudioSound Super-Synthesizer isn’t as cool as you’d think from the title, but it’s still worth checking out. Brings back things, doesn’t it?
This video, from BoiaUniversallis, shows using a Dance Dance Revolution mat being used as a music controller. The setup combines a SmartJoy interface, dance mat, Junxion and Live 6. via OCP
There’s been an explosion recently of theremin videos on YouTube. It looks like it may be moving from being stereotyped as an exotic sci-fi instrument…..to being regarded as the electronic equivalent of the banjo. With that in mind….here are ten things that I thought I’d never hear played on the theremin: The Legend of Zelda… Read More Ten Things I Thought I’d Never Hear On The Theremin
