Bizarre DJ Music Video
Lejo demonstrates how to DJ one-handed:
Lejo demonstrates how to DJ one-handed:
Ann Summers, a UK sex toy site, is getting a massive load of free publicity courtesy of the lawyers at Apple. According to reports, Apple lawyers claim that Ann Summers’ advertising for its iGasm iPod sex toy, right, is a blatant rip-off of Apple’s iPod advertising. Apple has sent a cease and desist letter, warning… Read More Apple Generates Buzz For iPod Sex Toy
UK synth guru Tom Bugs’ BugBrand offers a constantly expanding and mutating range of electronic sound & effect devices, all built by hand in Bristol, singly or in small batches. “All designs mix experimental audio circuitry with ideas taken from the techniques of circuit bending, and bring together many different controls and playing methods to… Read More Bugbrand: The Superfreaky Synth Designs of Tom Bugs
Precisionsound has introduced two new sample libraries featuring bizarro keyboard instruments. The Bergman Klavitron is a rare Swedish valve organ manufactured in the 60s. It has its own sound character mostly because of its percussive settings giving a plucky sound to the solo manual. Precisionsound has sampled 291 24-bit mono Wav files in all settings/combinations… Read More Precisionsound Intos Klavitron, Stylophone Sample Libraries
If you ever wondered how glitchtronica musicians generate random bursts of weirdness, this YouTube video may make it all clear: Here we see an ensemble of worms creating experimental electroacoustic music on an electric touch contact feedback device (battery powered). No worms were harmed, and they were hastily removed and now live happily outside once… Read More Circuit-Bent Worms Make Glitchtronica
Scott Burgess of Bitnotic sent us word that they’ve released Laptop v1.0, an electronic pop song MP3 featuring the voices of VX-323, Bitnotic’s free MIDI-controlled speech synthesis software for Mac OS X. The track features the voice Junior “singing” about a laptop computer’s obsessive love for its owner. Burgess notes, “When you have a talented… Read More Bitnotic Drops “Laptop v1.0” – Free MP3 Single Featuring VX-323 Speech Synthesizer
Here’s an interesting video of some Kuka robots cutting it up: But can they do Ableton Live?
Daniel McPharlin has posted a create collection of photos of miniature analog cardboard synths. Obsessive-compulsively cool.
Forget analog or digital – vanilla or chocolate? via Alicia
Precisionsound has released Retro Gadgets – First Chapter, a collection of samples from bizarre old electronic toy instruments. To prepare these old toy instruments for use in a DAW-based studio, they fine-tuned each note exactly so you can add retro flavor without any hassle. Every note of the instruments’ natural range and sound possibilities has… Read More Precisionsound releases Retro Gadgets – First Chapter for HALion, NI Kontakt & SoundFont