Bitnotic Drops “Laptop v1.0” – Free MP3 Single Featuring VX-323 Speech Synthesizer

Scott Burgess of Bitnotic sent us word that they’ve released Laptop v1.0, an electronic pop song MP3 featuring the voices of VX-323, Bitnotic’s free MIDI-controlled speech synthesis software for Mac OS X. The track features the voice Junior “singing” about a laptop computer’s obsessive love for its owner. Burgess notes, “When you have a talented… Read More Bitnotic Drops “Laptop v1.0” – Free MP3 Single Featuring VX-323 Speech Synthesizer

March 26, 2007March 26, 2007Leave a comment

Robots Want To Be DJs

Here’s an interesting video of some Kuka robots cutting it up: But can they do Ableton Live?

March 14, 2007March 12, 2007Leave a comment

Miniature Fake Synth P0rn

Daniel McPharlin has posted a create collection of photos of miniature analog cardboard synths. Obsessive-compulsively cool.

February 25, 20071 Comment

The Synthesizer Cake

Forget analog or digital – vanilla or chocolate? via Alicia

February 24, 20074 Comments

Precisionsound releases Retro Gadgets – First Chapter for HALion, NI Kontakt & SoundFont

Precisionsound has released Retro Gadgets – First Chapter, a collection of samples from bizarre old electronic toy instruments. To prepare these old toy instruments for use in a DAW-based studio, they fine-tuned each note exactly so you can add retro flavor without any hassle. Every note of the instruments’ natural range and sound possibilities has… Read More Precisionsound releases Retro Gadgets – First Chapter for HALion, NI Kontakt & SoundFont

February 22, 2007February 22, 2007Leave a comment

Blackhole Sun Video By Moog Cookbook

Here’s an interesting video by Moog Cookbook, an electronica band that does covers of modern pop tunes in the style of Moog records of the late 1960s and early 1970s. No MIDIs were hurt in the making of this video. Moog Cookbook at Amazon.

February 10, 2007February 10, 2007Leave a comment

Video: Hands On With The New Axis MIDI Controller

One of the coolest things we saw at the NAMM Show this year was a new MIDI controller introduced by C-Thru Music, the bizarre AXiS-64 MIDI controller. Designer Peter Davies threw out preconceptions of what a music keyboard should be and designed a layout based on the Harmonic Table. According to C-Thru Musiic, the arrangement… Read More Video: Hands On With The New Axis MIDI Controller

February 10, 2007February 10, 20073 Comments

NAMM: Bizarre New Harmonic Table MIDI controller

One of the most interesting new MIDI controllers introduced at the 2007 NAMM Show was C-Thru Music’s bizarre AXiS-64 MIDI controller. Unique to the AXiS is its key area, invented by Peter Davies, which is based on the Harmonic Table. According to C-Thru Music, the arrangement of notes helps you understand note relationships and create… Read More NAMM: Bizarre New Harmonic Table MIDI controller

February 5, 2007May 12, 20083 Comments

Italy Joins Topless DJ Craze

We don’t know why, but Synthtopia is the top site in the world for the search phrase topless DJ. We’re not sure if it was the story on “Erotic Fetish DJ Extraordinaire” Portia Surreal, the story on pornstar-turned-topless-dj DJ Niki Belucci, or the one about DJ Diva, the topless skydiving DJ, but somehow has Google… Read More Italy Joins Topless DJ Craze

January 29, 2007February 22, 20157 Comments

Roomba Christmas Music Robots

The Roomba family was out caroling: This was a demo of RoombaMidi2, a Mac OS X program to turn your Roomba into a MIDI instrument. via Make

December 24, 2006January 16, 2007Leave a comment