Tag: synthisizer

  • Wacky Synth Stuff in SF

    Wacky Synth Stuff in SF

    There’s no shortage of fun things to do in SF, but if you are a synthesizer fan (like me) there has been a lot of fun new things going on .  Weird Wednesdays at The Den Imagine sipping on a tiki drink while a two piece noise/drone/psych band plays in San Francisco’s smallest bar. The…

  • My homemade DIY Synthesizer

    My homemade DIY Synthesizer

    One of the highlights from last weekend’s Battery Powered Orchestra Workshop was the session on building a 4093 NAND Synth. These kits are easy to assemble and sound pretty gnarly, so I bought a few extras to bring back home and spend more time on. Phoebe is the first of these more fleshed out synths.…

  • Velosynth, an open source synthesizer for your bikehole

    http://vimeo.com/8646843 There’s a cool new project in the works called Velosynth, which uses magnets, accelerometers, and an Arduino micro-controller to turn your bike into a musical instrument. The project was recently posted onto Kickstarter and has already tripled their fund-raising goal in just a few days. Unfortunately they are all sold out of kits, but…