The Electric Western Phantastron is a new all-tube synth VCO with capabilities for waveshaping and crazy effects. This will be a synth DIY project, offered as a kit. “This is a very special circuit and remind me of the old days playing with HeathKits in the basement,” says Lorin from EW. “I’m very glad that… Read More The Electric Western Phantastron Tube VCO
D.St-Amand has created some very cool looking designs for DIY MIDI controllers and is documenting his designs and work building them on Flickr. “I think that this is my very best channel layout! No wire, no front panel screw. Only one PCB will be made for the number of channel required, 2, 4 , 6… Read More Amazing DIY Controller For Ableton Live
HackaDay has a nice tutorial that looks at hacking the Thingamakit anthropomorphic synthesizer. Hacks include adding a waveshaper knob, a sine wave switch and an audio input. If you’re thinking about getting a Thingamakit – this is a must read before you dive in. Kits are $55, or $65 with the enclosure.
The Electro-Music forum has the scoop on a new synth DIY sequencer project, the Roland 100m. It has step repeat switches:- [1-8] and gate mode switches:- [off/single/repeat/long] for each stage, plus random & pingpong mode. It is based around a PIC, so is software update-able. RYK explains: I was inspired by watching a Youtube clip… Read More New Synth DIY Sequencer Project
Hack A Day has a nice DIY project tutorial on making a simple digital synthesizer. The final result is not much of a synthesizer – but it’s cheap and it makes some noise: This simple guide will show you how to build a digital synthesizer that generates and manipulates square waves. Your synthesizer will have… Read More How To Make A Digital Synthesizer
Ranjit Bhatnagar made this video showing the results of his junk guitar workshop at Etsy labs. It makes me want to make a 2′ x 4′ guitar, too…..
German design studio Precious Forever has published an interesting interview with Kelli Cain and Brian Crabtree, the designers behind the Monome grid-based music controller. Excerpt: There are millions of electronic music controllers on the market. Regardless, many users seem to be unable to find a setup that is “just right” for them. Naturally, there’s no… Read More Designing The Monome
My Home 2.0 is a bit too perky for my taste, but I have to admit that their latest how-to video is pretty hardcore. They demonstrate how to use MidiTron with some infrared sensors to create a wall harp. It’s a pretty straightforward MidiTron project. The sensors work like on/off switches to trigger various sounds… Read More How To Make An Infrared Wall Harp
Peter Speer demos the Voice of Saturn sequencer, an inexpensive DIY sequencer kit. He’s also got a review at his site. Bottom line? “In total, the Voice of Saturn Sequencer took me three nights to complete (about 12 hours altogether). If you have more experience in kit building than I do (which is to say… Read More Voice of Saturn Sequencer demo on Vimeo
Aurora is an awesome open source usb powered multichannel mixer in a typical DJ form factor. Aurora is designed to easily integrate with your favorite midi compatible software. The device features two linear channel faders, a single a/b crossfader and eight backlit buttons.T wenty four backlit knobs allow you to control effects. Aurora, unlike most… Read More Awesome Open Source DJ Mixer/MIDI Controller
