Summer NAMM: Roland introduced a new desktop hardware synth today, the SonicCell. According to Roland, the SonicCell puts the power and legendary sound quality of a Roland hardware synthesizer on your desktop. According to us, it’s the most hideously ugly synth we’ve seen in a long time. Here’s the details…..
We’re not sure about this one, but it looks like one of the lolcats is announcing its evil plan to rule the world. “Whoohahahahahaha!” Actually, Catsynth.com, the only site that we know of that’s devoted solely to cats and synths, is looking for captions for its lolcatsynth contest. If you can put words into this… Read More Cat Announces Plan To Rule The World!
His instruments are “synth, crush, fear and death”.… Read More Free Music From Kompressor
Image Line Software, the creators of software such as FL Studio / Fruityloops, has been running this ad to promote its latest release, Deckadance. Deckadance is a new DJ mixing application. We’re not sure, but this may rank as even more offensive than the ads that amp makers put in guitar magazines. If I were… Read More Is This The Most Offensive Gear Ad Ever?
Enjoy the angst-ridden weltschmertz of dark German techno: via Nandrews
Lejo demonstrates how to DJ one-handed:
Ann Summers, a UK sex toy site, is getting a massive load of free publicity courtesy of the lawyers at Apple. According to reports, Apple lawyers claim that Ann Summers’ advertising for its iGasm iPod sex toy, right, is a blatant rip-off of Apple’s iPod advertising. Apple has sent a cease and desist letter, warning… Read More Apple Generates Buzz For iPod Sex Toy
UK synth guru Tom Bugs’ BugBrand offers a constantly expanding and mutating range of electronic sound & effect devices, all built by hand in Bristol, singly or in small batches. “All designs mix experimental audio circuitry with ideas taken from the techniques of circuit bending, and bring together many different controls and playing methods to… Read More Bugbrand: The Superfreaky Synth Designs of Tom Bugs
Precisionsound has introduced two new sample libraries featuring bizarro keyboard instruments. The Bergman Klavitron is a rare Swedish valve organ manufactured in the 60s. It has its own sound character mostly because of its percussive settings giving a plucky sound to the solo manual. Precisionsound has sampled 291 24-bit mono Wav files in all settings/combinations… Read More Precisionsound Intos Klavitron, Stylophone Sample Libraries
If you ever wondered how glitchtronica musicians generate random bursts of weirdness, this YouTube video may make it all clear: Here we see an ensemble of worms creating experimental electroacoustic music on an electric touch contact feedback device (battery powered). No worms were harmed, and they were hastily removed and now live happily outside once… Read More Circuit-Bent Worms Make Glitchtronica
