It’s about time somebody made a media award that actually does something other than serve as a impromptu murder weapon. At this years SXSW festival, the Web Awards were built around Bleep Labs’ Thingamagoop 2, the analog synth toy (which now has digital/Arduino-control capability). Bleep Labs In the Maker Shed: Thingamagoop 2 Our Price: $100.00 […]
Fawning fanboys (and fangirls) of analog synths may want to hold onto their wigs and keys before laying eyes on synth pioneer Vince Clarke’s “cabin” in Maine. Clarke was a founding member of Depeche Mode, Yazoo, and Erasure. In this vid, he gives Motherboard the grand tour of his studio in the woods and his […]
If you have to ask why… Well, just don’t ask why. [Spotted on the MAKE Flickr pool] (BTW: This is a cracker box amp, a la the project in MAKE Volume 09) Schlitz Amp
Kügli is an Arduino-controlled musical instrument by Stefanie Hess and Johannes Schmidt. The project consists of a bowl with a false bottom, packing an Arduino, XBee wireless module, and some speakers. The ball contains a Lilypad and another XBee. The spacing and dynamic of a ball in a bowl influences sound. While holding the bowl […]
One of my new faves is YouTube phenoms Pomplamoose, a musical duo composed of Nataly Dawn and Jack Conte. On their YouTube channel, they post what they call “VideoSongs,” quick and dirty (tho still quite professional) videos of them performing songs in their home studio. VideoSongs have two rules: 1. What you see is what […]
When fed a valid URL, CODEORGAN gets to work arranging an original, often quite danceable piece of music determined by several characteristics of the site’s HTML. So explaineth the CODEORGAN – THE CODEORGAN ANALYSES THE *BODY* CONTENT OF ANY WEB PAGE AND TRANSLATES THAT CONTENT INTO MUSIC. THE CODEORGAN USES A COMPLEX ALGORITHM TO DEFINE […]
Ok Go had a video idea for the recorded version of “This Too Shall Pass”. They approached Adam Sadowsky, president of Syyn Labs, to design a Rube Goldberg inspired machine in which they would base their music video around. After months of preparation and 20 consecutive 18 hr days, they finally got the perfect take. Adam explains all the tedious fun!
