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Arduino MIDI sequencer

Beamer writes – I’ve been working on a sequencer project for a while and I got some good footage of my good friend Scott Hansen from Tycho and ISO50 playing with it. It’s based off of the Arduino right now. The first row is your standard note assignment The second row is velocity (turned off […]

Amp-in-a-can

Amp-in-a-can

Jovial_cynic continues exploring the possibilities of instrument amplification with this simple yet toneful “Tin Can Amp” built using the Little Gem circuit. You may recall his prior work with the baby-monitor/wireless amp Related: Speaker cans Speaker in a Can HOW TO – Turn a baby monitor into a wireless amp

DS synth/sequencer on its way

DS synth/sequencer on its way

You may have read about it in our recent Made in Japan post – but now Korg’s DS-10 Synthesizer/sequencer/drum machine is headed for an international release! From the DS10blog [via] – For those of you out there wondering the release of DS-10 other than Japan, well, here’s a good news. YES, we will release DS-10 […]

Vintage headphone mod

Vintage headphone mod

Over at the Steampunk Workshop, Jake inaugurates a new Guest Artist Project feature with the wonderful Molly “Porkshanks” Friedrich as the first artist in residence. Molly shows how to update an antique Cannonball Empire headset with modern headphone innards. Porkshank’s Dieselpunk Headphone Mod – Link Related: The Ambiance Enhancer (retro MP3 player) – Link

BENT 2004 documentary online

Derek writes – In order to promote the art of circuit bending and the BENT festival, Absurdity.Biz has uploaded the first BENT festival documentary dvd online in its entirety for free viewing. Shot at the first international circuit bending festival for Absurdity.Biz’s ongoing Circuit Bending documentary, it later became a side-project DVD series sold at […]