Collaborate Disseminate
Although there might have been other music produced or recorded in the 1980s, we may never know of its existence due to the cacophony of all of the various keytars, …read more Continue reading The Math Behind the Music of the 80s
If you’re good at music theory, you can probably find all the chords and progressions you need just by using your fingers and a suitable instrument. For a lot of …read more Continue reading Minichord Wants To Help You Find Rad Chord Progressions
The chiptune scene is dominated by Game Boys and other Nintendo hardware, but one should never forget the gorgeous, beautiful tones that come from the hallowed Commodore 64. [Linus Åkesson] …read more Continue reading The Commodordion Gets a Big Usability Upgrade
Once upon a time, a watch was just a watch. These days, though, smartwatches have all kinds of tricks built in, from heartrate sensors, to accelerometers, gyros, and tons of …read more Continue reading Bluetooth Wearable Becomes Rad Synth Controller
[Simon the Magpie] found himself in possession of a Behringer mixer that turned up in someone’s garbage. They’re not always the most well-regarded mixers, but [Simon] saw an opportunity to …read more Continue reading You Can Use A Crappy Mixer As A Neat Synthesizer
What do you do when you’ve carved out a niche for yourself as a builder of small and useless synthesizers? Why, build an even smaller and less useful synthesizer, of …read more Continue reading The Small and Silly Synth Now Even Smaller (But Just as Silly)
[Love Hultén]’s work often incorporates reactive sound elements, and his Ferrofluid drum synth is no exception. Sadly there are no real build details but have no fear: we’ve gathered plenty …read more Continue reading Ferrofluid Drum Synth Dances To The Beat
Synthesizers can make some great music, but sometimes they feel a bit robotic in comparison to their analog counterparts. [Sound Werkshop] built a “minimum viable” expressive synth to overcome this …read more Continue reading A More Expressive Synth via Flexure
The phrase “Lego Guitar” can be a stressful one to hear. You might imagine the idea of strings under tension and a subsequently exploding cloud of plastic shrapnel. This build …read more Continue reading Lego Guitar Is Really an Ultrasonically-Controlled Synth
For most of us, an 8-bit microcomputer means one of the home computers which set so many of us on our way back in the 1980s. But this ignores an …read more Continue reading Sequencing The Vintage Way