From the stupidtacular department comes the Bananaphone – a DIY touch-capacitance banana-controlled synthesizer.
Here’s the Bananaphone in action:
You can substitute other strange musical control devices for the bananas, if you like. See the DIY guide at Gadget Gangster for details.
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I haven’t heard it myself yet, but people tell me the Roland Jupiter-80 and Jupiter-50 can emulate a touch-banana so perfectly that you can’t even tell someone isn’t touching a real touch-banana.
That would be the Fruitpiter Ate.
(singing) “Yes, we have no Bananas today….”
Love this! I want to see it paired with a series of wired up chile peppers, and maybe a couple melons for some low end.
ring ring ring ring ring ring…