Jörg shares another unusual approach to sound circuits with this mini optical organ, inspired by the legendary Optigan keyboard instrument – my instrument generates the tone with a light depended resistor which kann be controlled by an LED. the speed and patterns on the disc determine the frequency and shape of the resulting wave form. […]
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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 –
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… 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 […]
Continue ReadingLorin Parker of Electric Western demonstrates his Phantastron vacuum-tube sound synthesizer under the control of electric guitar rendering “magic sub-octaves” matching sub-octaves in the process. I have witnessed firsthand what the Phantastron does to a guitar signal, it is both brutal and beautiful!
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From the Make: Flickr Pool comes the T.W.E.R.P., a ThingamaKIT housed in a 10″ Mad*L vinyl toy. Things I’ve Made More: ThingamaHat ThingamaKIT build photos Hacking the ThingamaKIT
Continue ReadingThe Voice of Saturn line of synth kits welcomes a new family member – the Modulator features … […]VCA (voltage controlled amplifier), triangle and square wave generator and AR (Attack / Release) envelope shaper. Together, they can be used to add tremolo or AM (amplitude modulation) effects to audio signals, and also add attack and […]
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If you’ve used a Korg Kaossilator, you may have noticed the device’s 2-bar loop length can wear out a melodies welcome quite quickly. David Battino shares info on a simple hack which extends that length to a relatively luxurious 4 bars – If you power up the Kaossilator while holding down the Tap and Loop […]
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