MATRIXSYNTH: Gakken SX-150 Ribbon Synthesizer, Modified


Thursday, January 12, 2012

Gakken SX-150 Ribbon Synthesizer, Modified

via this auction

"I have this one modified with a CV or control voltage input, which I used with an Arduino in order to play it using a MIDI keyboard. That might sound fairly crazy, but if you look online, there are instructions for much more than that. I also modified it to have a mono 1/4" jack output, which is the same as what a guitar output is. This makes the thing more useful as an actual instrument.

I also hacked on a jack for a 7.2v radio controlled car battery, as I have a bunch of them sitting around, they're fast to charge, and something like this runs forever off of a battery like that. The bottom of the synth is open, so if you don't want the battery jack, you can just snip it off.

Also included is the magazine that the synth original came with. Lots of interesting photos, but almost all in Japanese."

"More information:

DIN SYNC blog
MIDI Modification

Crazy modification by Gijs Gieskes
electro-music.com
technabob.com"





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