Planetone shares plans to build the Morphatron, a big ol’ analog vocoder and formidable soldering project – I designed it from scratch, although I did investigate as many vocoder schematics I could get my hands on. I focused on using easily obtainable components that are inexpensive, and I tried to keep the circuit as simple […]
Continue ReadingDave posted this vid along with a write-up, covering the ins-and-outs of the unbalanced diode mixer circuit – This circuit uses the small non-linear response area of a single diode to create combinations of sum and difference frequencies of two input signals (or one input signal containing multiple overtones). Radio designers use this type of […]
Continue ReadingDenkitribe posted this rather sweet demo of Tinker.it!‘s Arduino based sound synthesizer project, appropriately titled “Auduino”. While some delay/reverb+accompaniment have definitely been added, the sweet sounds of granular synthesis still shine through – I built one and plugged a stylus controller which was ripped from Gakken SX-150. It works very well. Its sound is dry […]
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There’s still time to start making or just watch this week’s Weekend Project: Mooftronic Mini Synth. You can view the video here, or subscribe in iTunes to get all our Weekend Projects and PDFs delivered each week.
Continue ReadingMake some crazy sounds from a teensy-tiny musical instrument. Thanks go to Brian McNamara for the original article in MAKE, Volume 15. To download The Mooftronic Mini Synth MP4 click here or subscribe in iTunes. Check out the complete Mooftronic Mini Synth article in MAKE, Volume 15. and you can see that in our Digital […]
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Make some crazy sounds from a teensy-tiny musical instrument. Thanks go to Brian McNamara for the original article in MAKE, Volume 15.View the PDF of this project. and then subscribe to MAKE Magazine for other great projects you can do over the weekend.
Continue ReadingYouTuber Startwave’s SX-150 guitar is rather excellent – a quick and terrible demonstration of my modded sx-150. i replaced the original slide thingy with a softpot from trossen robotics and i added an fsr (force sensitive resistor) to control volume or crazy resonance distortion (if the res is switched on). sounds nice, very expressive and […]
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