On the most recent installment of Boing Boing Video, Russell Porter reports from last year’s Loop Festival. There, he interviewed minimalist/glitch-pop trio Micachu and the Shapes. What makes them especially interesting to us is that they’re inspired by the experimental composer Harry Partch. And like Partch, they make a lot of their own instruments and […]
Groovypancakes posted this SX-150 hacked into total funtime awesomeness with touch contacts, “weird sound switch”, and the button mod we featured recently – Nice. And along with that comes the conveniently handy Atari Punk Console flashlight –
The Astra synthesizer from Not Breathing – 2 VCOs, 2 LFOs, VCF, noise source, ring modulator all built from salvaged parts the keyboard is from a gutted lowrey wandering genie keyboard. i recycled most of the capacitors in the unit from the genie and a dead tr606 […] i didn’t buy anything for this unit. […]
… well it certainly looks capable of inducing ‘force choke’ at the very least. Either way – Thomas built this masterful ring of sequential synthesizer control around the 16-step sequencer project from MFOS. The prominent layout was created using Front Panel Express and design files are available on his site. But as with most complex […]
Here’s an interesting acoustic sculpture by Jim Lee – he says it produces a “kind of choral moan reminiscent of a beehive”. Make sure you listen to the audio (links on his site), it’s a really cool sound.
A few weeks ago, I checked out a Noise Night at Willoughby and Baltic. Scheduled for the second and fourth Thursday of the month, it’s a really fun time. I read an article in MAKE, Volume 04 on circuit bending, but I’d never gotten around to trying it. Back in college, I took a few […]
Kyle points out this one that’s been making the rounds – prolific videoblogger jetdaisuke demonstrates what happens when mobile music devices join forces. In attendance at this event, we find the following devices(and their relevant applications) – Nintendo DS Lite(Electroplankton), Nintendo DSi(KORG DS-10), iPod touch(Mokugyo 木éš), iPhone(Bloom) and a Korg Kaossilator.
