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Folktek Insectarium

TWBLS 013 - The WunderBar Loop Session
by NETWORK-ERROR

via the Folktek Arts blog via The Wonderloop Session where you will find more images and words.
Folktek on Ebay

Fight Like Apes

flickr by by rob evans photography

KORG MicroKORG

korg EMX-1 stripped & reversed. (Set)

flickr set by tremorcore
(click for more)

"Easy Off oven cleaner plus steel wool gets rid of the blue that hurts my eyes.

remove knobs.
remove faceplate with a 2mm allen wrench.
spray with oven cleaner. rinse/repeat.
use steel wool to remove white lettering and reveal reversed blue lettering."

Update via dan kirkhus in the comments: "here's a blog post with a little more info."

The Gakken GMC-4

Gakken is a Japanese magazine that comes with a DIY kit. Prior issues featured a theremin and of course the analog SX-150 mini synth [see the Gakken label below for prior posts including images, videos and mods]. The current issue comes with the GMC-4, a 4-bit computer kit with audio. See the video below.

via Hobby Media
"Gakken is going to release the very first 4bit computer mass produced in the last 30 years: the GMC4. This microcomputer will be covermounted on the issue 24 of the magazine “Otona no Kagaku”. The GMC4 got a 16 keys keyboard, an inbuild speaker an outsanding 7 elements LED display and a 6 LEDs display.

Tennis game, melody software and two other 4bit videogames are preinstalled in the GMC4. This 4bit computer will be released in June and in the coming weeks Gakken shuld updated their website with some mode details about this great retrocomputer."

You can find issues of Gakken with kits on Ebay here.

４ビットマイコン〜自動演奏編〜　大人の科学マガジンvol.24

YouTube via OKM080725

Bob and the Synton Modular

Just a reminder, do not miss this post on the upcoming exhibit.

Note that is the Synton modular. You can read about Bob Moog's involvement with Synton here.

Thanks to eZe for pointing this out in the comments.

Update via Brian in the comments: "Bob did some interesting work that is not highly publicized; all the years between 1978 when he left Moog and the Big Briar era.

This exhibit will show a good amount of that stuff; some bizarre prototypes even from the Moog days and later instruments and designs of the 80/90s too."

Modular World

"MW (Modular World)

We are a company dedicated to make synthesizer products, especially modular synthesizers products.

The 1st product from MW is MW-096u. Main design goal is to get as much as sonic variety packed up in a portable modular synthesizer. 2nd goal is to lower the threshold for people to enter the most colorful world of all current modular synthesizer formats - Eurorack.

During the monthes of designing and prototyping. We've made many improvments according to test results and comments. We are extremely grateful to the people who made comments, suggestions and encouragements. Please keep them coming! MW will keep up improving our design.

More designes will follow in the future."

Museum of Techno Radio - Episode 2

"London’s Museum of Techno first opened its doors to the public in 1892. It is home to a fascinating array of early steam-powered drum machines and the James Soame Collection of Booming Kick Drums, the first collection of its type in the world.

Museum of Techno Radio takes us into the sonic world of the Museum, where we make friends with Mr Braidy and Mr Cornwell, the Museum Technicians, and enjoy an audiotour of highlights from the Museum’s exhibitions. We also earwig on the conversations of the various academics, musicians and electronic luminaries who drop into the Museum Cafe for lunch.

Museum of Techno Radio is a series of programmes for Resonance FM produced and sound designed by Dave Pape and Joe Kelly."

Episode 2 will go up tonight here.

Episode 1:

MoT Radio Week 1 - Their Law by museumoftechno