(photos by CookieM) Japanese kit-maker Gakken has just released a special special edition of the Otona No Kagaku publication focussing on music synthesizers. The issue includes an SX-150 stylus-input analog synth kit which appears to require relatively little effort in the way of assembly (a feature which may be a demerit in the eyes of […]
In response to my posting of the hat-i-fied version of the Bleep Labs’ ThingamaKIT, MAKE Editor-in-Chief Mark Frauenfelder emailed me this cover from a 1949 Hugo Gernsbeck pub, Radio – Electronics. Thanks, Mark! More: ThingamaHat
Peter Blasser is President and Designer of the electronic instrument producing entity known as Ciat-Lonbarde. The device plans on their site display a refreshing ability for incorporating chance and forcing experimentation – evidenced by instructions from the Paper Circuits collection (which almost simultaneously do and don’t make sense). […] resistors with an X can be […]
Jake von Slatt sends word of this elegant example of analog synthesis in brass. Brought real by a maker named Peter, who describes his strategy for the build – I don’t have any plans to add a keyboard to the setup anytime soon. Being an electronic instrument the control interface is somewhat arbitrary. I feel […]
The Voice of Saturn synthesizer modules are available as basic (and bendable) complementary kits with control voltage connections. Description of the VoS synth – Loosely based on the Atari Punk Console with some custom tweaks and an LFO front end, this box makes a ridiculous amount of different sounds (mp3 coming soon), all from three […]
Lovely sounds and enclosure aesthetic of the Simian Drum Scape from Arius Blaze of Folktek. The lever attachments over what appears to be inexpensive pushbuttons seems an inspiring design for a more tactilely enjoyable interface [via]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Zeni666 repurposed an old multimeter case as a musical instrument enclosure – An SN76477 sound generator chip placed indide a Kenwood DL711 Multimeter. Settings of the SN76477 are done through three pots and the buttons of the multimeter front panel. There is a light sensor (photoresistor) that is placed […]
