Broken 2600 - Malekko 600B

YouTube via bigcitymusic
"Man. How many sound designers have used the Arp 2600? How many movies has it been in!?!
This is a broken 2600 we have in for repair and we were just going over it and decided to have some fun. Jungle fun. The Malekko 600 millisecond bright delay sounds awesome too. Duh. This is the "Bright" voiced version. If you haven't checked out the analog delays from Malekko Heavy Industry, you're missing out. The Malekko pedals are a sweet, affordable, and are a good alternative to new or old BBD delays out there. Get one. They're recession priced already!"
http://www.malekkoheavyindustry.com
http://bigcitymusic.com

Synthmonger CMOS Resonators demo quicky

YouTube via synthmonger
"The design is based off Korg's PS3300 Resonators. I use just resistors, diodes, capacitors and CMOS chips. No vactrols, op amps or transistors.

Audio signal is my casio VL-1
The frequency of each filter is being modulated by a slow triangle LFO
I adjust the master VC resonance control three times.
PCB for the project will be available at my etsy store, as well as completed modules."

Circuit Bent Gameboy Pitch Mod

YouTube via circuitmaster
"Circuit Bent Gameboy with built-in Pitch mod using the LTC1799 module from GetLoFi"

Circuit Bent GameBoy Camera Pitch Bend

"Circuit Bent GameBoy with Camera Cart pitch bent using an LTC1799 from GetLoFi"

Monsters vs. Aliens DX7

video added to this post

Texture - Carbon111

A book of images of textures including synths. I saw a few pages of Carbon111's Texture and it's actually a very interesting concept. When you see images of textures, both nature and man made, you tend to pause, reflect and take the image in. When walking through the book, your reference point becomes that of viewing and appreciating textures. When you come across an image of a synth you can't help but look at it from that perspective. You see the physical textures of the synth much like you see the physical textures in nature. You then make the obvious connection that not only do these devices communicate physical textures, but the texture of sound. You can find more info on the book here on Carbon111's blog.

Casio DZ 1 MIDI Drum Translator Pad Machine

via this auction

"Be minded that this unit does not produce any sounds.
The idea is such:
1. Get some trigger pads or anything that produces an audio click.
2. The unit turns trigger input into a velocity responsive MIDI note!

This is almost too cool to be true.
Get a series of metronomes together and create weird and random sequences.
Plug your old-school drum triggers into it!
Get creative!
Assign any channel to produce any MIDI note!
Create four different programs to the unit's memory.
Stay creative!"

Update via scotty in the comments: "when used with the casio rz-1 (as a trigger) you can have total control over the sequences, since the rz-1 has separate outputs for each drum. this means you only have to plug one thing into the dz-1 to get a ton of cool sequences. not to mention it looks like it could be the rz-1's baby brother "

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Admin: Update on Ebay Feeds

The Ebay link on the top menu of this site and on the right filter out a bunch of stuff such as CDs, synthetic hair (yum), and the like. I created them to make parsing Ebay easier and faster for me. Recently I noticed a few items going up from the same seller with images from other auctions. I decided to remove that seller from the search feed. I'm not going to go so far as to state that the items listed were a scam, but they were definitely from well known sellers. Be careful out there. That said, if you notice obvious scams on Ebay, feel free to send them in, but please be sure to call out exactly why you think it is a scam. I will review it and if I also find it suspect I'll go ahead and remove the seller from the link. Once they are removed they will no longer show up on the Ebay feeds here. Hopefully in time we'll have a much cleaner, safer Ebay feed. BTW, if you are a seller and would prefer you not show up on the search let me know. Note I will require you contact me directly via Ebay to make sure someone else isn't pretending to be you.

DJ Mag review - Akai MPD32 Midi Controller

YouTube via djmagtv
"Take the tour of the Akai MPD32 Midi controller, knobs, faders and pads - MPC style."

annabelle does super-8

YouTube via widdlytube

"Loads of diy modular bleeps and bloops sampled, chopped then sequenced.

Modules used were LF398 Sample and hold, Baby10 sequencer, MS-20 filter, CA3080 Ring modulator, TH VCO1's and VCA's, 555 ADSR's, CGS LFO's and a Midi Gate converter I designed.

The dodgy video was shot with a Canon Powershot a720 running CHDK and processed in VirtualDub."

asmtweak

YouTube via lesingemonotone

"Playing and tweaking the ASM with it new MFOS singlebus 1 v/oct keyboard kontrollercard. The keyboard is an old modified novation mm10. A little sequencing help from the x0xb0x."