xelent‘s Tape Delay Machine uses two Walkman type tape players, a Realistic Stereo Mate and a Memorex XB, to create a tape delay. It’s Frippertronics on the cheap! A single tape loop runs through two modified cassettes (each which have had one of their left or right sides removed). The players themselves have had there… Read More Walkman Analog Tape Delay
Excerpt from Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in Dm I’ve been getting some criticism lately for calling things stupidtacular. Some things, like programming Chuck E Cheese robots to sing Miss New Booty, or a $1,000 iPod dock, are just awesomely stupid. Tesla coil music may fall into the same category. Joe DiPrima and Oliver Greaves of… Read More More Tesla Coil Music
This is sort of stupidtacular – Roland has introduced the C-30 Digital Harpsichord. It’s also a sign that the technology is getting cheap and good enough to be irrelevant for a lot of types of instruments, so packaging starts making more of a difference. Description: Roland’s “click action” F-scale keyboard provides an authentic harpsichord feel,… Read More Roland Intros C-30 Digital Harpsichord
This is sort of stupidtacular, but at least it can handle the Prodigy. Here’s how it works: A hard drive voice coil circuit is hacked to allow it to be directly connected to a stereo output. This allows audio to move the hard drive read write head. Mirrors are positioned on the center of the… Read More Hard Drive Oscilloscope May Be Useless, But It Looks Cool
Chris has been working on his animatronic programming and guess what – the Chuck-E-Cheese robots now do gangsta rap. Check out their cover of Ms. New Booty: Here’s a little background on what goes into these stupidtacular animatronic shows:
Shanling’s $995 iPod dock/CD Player/Tuner & tube power amp may be stupidtacular, but check out the tubes on the thing! Here are the details: The Shanling MC-30 Music Center is a brushed aluminum CD player and tuner with 3 watts per channel, single ended tube amplifier section, fully remote controlled with a built in iPod… Read More iPod Dock Sports Four Vacuum Tubes
