MATRIXSYNTH

Interactopus: Leather Pants Plus Photosensors Equal Music

YouTube via gearwire
"Chris Burke is a student at the Art Institute of Chicago who studies instrument construction. His curriculum resulted in a very creative optically based instrument called the Interactopus, an eight-tentacled instrument with an eye on the end of each tentacle that responds to the light in its surroundings. See more on gearwire.com."

Vangelis - La Danse du Feu

YouTube via mugensx. Oberheim TVS pictured.
"Album: Odes
Photos: vangelismovements.com
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http://www.vangelismovements.com/odes...

AnalogSuicide.com: The First -Ever "Electrified" Piano!

YouTube via tarabusch

"http://AnalogSuicide.com
http://offthewallantiques.com
Tara visits the booth of Off The Wall Antiques to have a peek at the beautiful RCA- Victor "Electrified" Piano from 1939."

FLAME Clockwork: glitch in the MIDI-to-CV Converter

YouTube via noisesource. Check out Part 2 of the FLAME Clockwerk review on noise source.
"A glitch (at least in my unit) that happens without fail every time."

Analog-Monster

"in the year 2001 I found a hint in the internet concerning a modular synthesizer system to be built in 'do it yourself' method which based on the Elektor Formant Synthesizer of the 70s. All you needed was a book "Formant-Pro MSS2000" by Hans-Joachim Helmstedt.

I ordered the book and startet the project. On the following pages I will present my synthesizer project: (the diary is updatet periodically)"

Analog-Monster

Synthesizers.com

YouTube via angelometz. Videos and descriptions in order:
Synthesizers.com second Jam
"This is too much fun. The dotcom arrived today. What a great machine. Make sure you visit www.synthesizers.com Please visit www. angelometz.com"

Synthesizers.com first jam, with ARP Odyssey and Minimoog
"Used that first patch to jam a little with odyssey, minimoog and reason. A midi track feeds the Ody and the dotcom. For some reason the audio is bad on this vid. Check out the second jam for better audio."

Synthesizers.com playing itself
"Self generating patch using t he sample and hold. Thanks Morb!"

Rhodes Chroma Voice Board

images via this auction.

Roland Jupiter-4 + Moog Minimoog by RetroSound

YouTube via retrosound72

"vintage synth demo track by RetroSound

analog lead sound: Roland Jupiter-4
bassline: Moog Minimoog triggered by the MFB Step64 step-sequencer and transposed by the DX7 II
drums: Roland TR-707
effects: delay

no overdubbing, no playback, no sequencer software used"

Arduino pocket piano

flickr by Collin Mel
(click for more)

full size

"donesville

samples on the way"

http://www.arduino.cc/
"Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It's intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments."