Synthgear has put together a gallery of synth tattoos, like this awesome monome tat and the Moog Minimoog tattoo, below. If you’ve got an awesome synth tattoo, leave a link in the comments. If you’ve got a nasty photo of your half-naked hairy body sporting an irritated, splotchy tattoo, wait a week or two and… Read More A Synth Tattoo Gallery
Antares today officially announced intent to start thinking about the possible development of its revolutionary new Direct Mind Access (DMA™) musical composition technology. Designed to free would-be composers, songwriters, musicians, and drummers from the tedious study and practice that have traditionally been required for the development of musical skill, DMA technology will allow anyone (see… Read More Antares Intros Direct Mind Access Musical Composition Technology
Image: Mr. Biggs On his birthday, Mr. Biggs was treated to an awesome synthesizer cake: For my birthday on Monday, Sacha made The Coolest Cake EVER. It tastes as good as it looks. Preset: yum. I want a “yum” preset on my synths, too!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ4vpZdeqSI This is a very strange 1984 Pioneer Laserdisc demo featuring Devo and some bad blind jokes via Ray Charles. What do you think – did this video kill the Laserdisc format?
Here’s the translation, via Johan Larsby in the comments: Where is kitty? come here kitty. yes come here kitty There is kitty (when the red circle appears) and all sort of calls to get the cat to appear.
HobNox is running a contest to promote its browser-based virtual studio, AudioTool. You can check out the contest details here. But this bizarre promo ad is enough to give you nightmares! Are you getting inspired to make music? Let me know what you think! via Mark Mosher on Twitter
Teen Torture (App Store link) is a new iPhone app that promises to annoy teenagers with sound that they can hear, but you can’t. Description: Teen Torture – Annoy your kids with high frequency sounds that they can hear, but you can’t. As you age you lose the ability to hear high frequencies(called presbycusis). This… Read More Bizarre iPhone Audio App: Teen Torture
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK1juh5aM1Q I’ve been easy on Synthtopia readers lately, carefully avoiding posting videos that could scorch your eyeballs, give you nightmares and even warp your unborn progeny. This video, Thriller in the Nude, merits your attention, though, as it may be the strangest music video of 2008. It starts out fairly normal…..but then the ninjas and naked guys come… Read More The Strangest Music Video Of 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YckQXa6VnY It looks like Dali’s been faking it again. The good people at DeadAct dredged up this video of Dali soloing on synth. Note that there’s no correlation between what she plays and the synth sounds. Or as DeadAct notes: Perhaps she was harmonizing, but I don’t think so because the riff seems to magically… Read More More Psytrance Synth Fakery From Dali
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL6G0zBRfJc Pascal Kleiman is a unique artist, deejay and producer who DJs using only his feet. This video captures Kleiman in the semifinals of a recent Spanish talent search show. Kleiman’s example is a reminder not to let anything keep you from doing what you want to do. via Beatportal
