Illegal State of Mind has shown off his RudeBox ESP32-A1S-based drum synthesiser, which he says started as a simple synth-tom experiment and then evolved into a more flexible percussion synth. Played dynamically from an external drum pad (though I presume you could use anything that generates velocity), RudeBox features controls […]
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Another quick look at a tiny synth which came about in the 2010s and now seems to have disappeared without much trace, except the fully-funded Kickstarter page which is still in place. Hell Synth is a powerful little drone synth which came either prebuilt or in kit form. Created by […]
Growing up I was always firmly in the Atari computer camp, but as I’ve aged I have realised just how much more capable the sound generation of the arch rival Commodore 64 were, with its legendary and still much-loved SID chip. With the ongoing love for 8-bit-esque and chip tune […]
Here’s a cool little project by Antonella Nonnis: a pop-up book complete with a working piano keyboard. It’s constructed from paper and as you can see from the picture it’s not very sturdy or portable. Even so, it’s a great project and can surely have boosted understanding of how these […]
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3rd Synth project and a remake of the 556 utilising “Atari Punk Console” chip. Used a 2.2k electrolytic capacitor and a 1k ohm resistor as they seemed to work better than what I used last time. Bit more stable but I don’t know why. Getting the hang of things a […]
My second synth project. I was going to try to make a more complicated synth after my first 556 but couldn’t even rebuild the 556 in the same way. I also didn’t know how the 555 operated properly so I thought myself a bit of a charlatan if I didn’t […]
Crackle Kit Rokit has created a DIY kit for building its Disintegrated Cracklebox, an experimental and highly tactile instrument designed for exploration and unique sound creation. It’s based on Michel Waisvisz’s original Cracklebox, created in 1974, which produces sounds and tones based on contact and pressure on metal contacts by […]
Neutral Labs has announced the launch of its Luna — “the first serious Lunetta synthesizer”. If you want noise, it’s got noise. And plenty more. Everything’s on display, patchable, tweak-able… It’s “inspired by the subterranean DIY culture of the ’70s and ’80s”, built with CMOS logic chips and designed to […]
Roland Future Design Lab and Neutone have collaborated to launch Project LYDIA — a name which nods to the bridging of DIY and AI —which merges Neutone’s trainable AI software with Roland’s hardware expertise. The current Project LYDIA mockup uses a Raspberry Pi 5 single-board computer which features “neural sampling” […]
Parasit Studio has announced the availability of its Console 84 guitar synthesizer pedal inspired by the nostalgic sounds of 8-bit computers and consoles. It features two latching oscillators with envelopes, glide, detune and octave settings, fuzz mode and pseudo-random pattern sequencer. It can save up to five settings. It took […]
The Sound of Machines has just dropped a teaser video to unveil a prototype of version two of the hit DIY Cassettone project. For the unfamiliar, Cassettone is a Mellotron-inspired synth which allows regular compact cassettes to be used as audio input to various controls, and with the resultant sounds […]
This article was first published in 2011 and as such a lot of the resources are either no longer available or have not been updated. We will endeavour to provide some newer resources in due course. If you have any suggestions, please do get in touch. Circuit bending. It sounds […]