Enter Ivan!

A new synth built by Tanner Galvin of Noystoise.com from the guts of a RadioShack keyboard:

 

NovaDrone v1.3

Casper Electronics new NovaDrove v1.3:

"This video is of TWO linked NovaDrones WITH REVERB. I don't normally add effects to my instruments for videos but it sounds so good that I couldn't resist. I'm currently looking into methods of building reverb into future models. This is the third iteration of the NovaDrone I have designed over the past few months. One of the main developments over the last version is the addition of a link port which lets you plug multiple units together to share power and mix the audio to a single output.

The NovaDrone is an analog sound and light synthesizer. It is completely open source and hackable. I will be selling (as of august 2012) PCBs, kits and assembled units or you can just use the plans to build your own."

More information on the NovaDrone at CasperElectronics.com

EMS AKS KIBAKO SPINNING SEQUENCE ספּיננינג

NakagawaGakki uploaded this superb video of an EMS Synthi AKS being controlled by a hacked turntable with a hand-drawn sequence disc:

"Custom electronics by NonLinearCircuits. 7 light sensors track on a re purposed scanner rail. 6 Sensors send VC (with potted slew) to the Synthi's 2 inputs. 1 sensor sends a gate to the Envelope Shaper.

Very fun to play.

Recorded straight from the Synthi, no effects, to the camera, for your complete gritty experience.
Further modifications will be VC turntable speed and VC scanner tracking..."

Circuit Bent Roland MC-505 on Ebay!

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So, what's new on this machine?

Aside from the stellar paint job and wooden ends from www.customsynth.co.uk I applied a mini breadboard to give the MC-505 a patchbay for the nineteen or so newly-added contacts. This was a lot harder than it sounds, considering the casing is metal (always a risk of shorting connections) and there's not a lot of space to work with when reassembled. In the end, I'm extremely happy with the way it turned out..even if it took a few months.

This machine now allows you to short out only the sounds, but keep all the other functions intact. Everything behaves as normal when the breadboard is or isn't in use. The resulting audio is largely unpredictable but can be reproduced if noted. Think of it as the heaviest sequencer Roland never made.

Furthermore, all green LEDs were replaced with red (except for the main playback indicator at the middle top), the white buttons/keys were whitened with retr0bright, and the LCD screen was replaced with a snazzy, new red-on-black unit.

This project was something of a proof of concept which turned out to be pretty fun. This is certainly a one-of-a-kind piece that I never really intended on keeping for very long. Now it just needs a good home where someone will use it on a regular basis.

Those who might be interested in this unit would also be a fan of Metasonix gear, NIN's Year Zero album, Ed Banger-style techno, EBM, Nitzer Ebb among many other noisy electronic styles. /namedrop

All audio below is direct from the MC-505 with absolutely zero post-effects/EQ. Expect to hear some patch switching, knob twiddling and adjustments on the breadboard though. All patterns used were simple presets.

Circuit Bent Roland MC-505 Examples (http://www.radiograffiti.org) by stagediver

BE SPEAK & SPELL INCARNATE with Sonic Charge Bitspeek

www.soniccharge.com/bitspeek for you to try the demo and BE SPEAK &
SPELL LIKE ME.
-Torley

Cheetah MD-16 circuit bent by exfade

Added a breakout box via the rom expansion port at the back of the
case. Rare machine, so happy not to mess with its original state!
www.exfade.org

Arduino controlled casio keyboards and samplers

In this video I'm controlling 2 casio SK1s, a casio SA-38 and 3 SAW
voice memo recorders with an Arduino. I've wired a bunch of the
pushbuttons on the different devices to the arduino and have written
some simple code to sequence it all.
-The SA-38 is useful because it has a pushbutton for each drum voice.
By interfacing this with the arduino I'm able to write and play drum patterns.
-Then I wired up the "one key play" buttons on the SK1s. The SK1
lets you record a sequence then play it back one note at a time every
time you hit "one key play".
-Finally I wired up the "record" and "play" buttons on 3 little voice
memo recorders. These record sound from the keyboards and play
it back. They're pretty noisy but add some nice variety to the overall sound.
The whole project was pretty easy and is very flexible, especially if you're
a savvy arduino programmer. Tutorial coming soon to Make magazine.
www.casperelectronics.com

Circuit Bent Alesis Sr-16

youtube.com/user/makezzo
myspace.com/stopkran

Video Synth Workout

The little video synth that could rides again. The frame rate on the (web)cam
I filmed this with was really strange -- in reality the picture moves/flickers
smoothly. Pictures of the synth: s417.photobucket.com/...

Bent in Osaka

Came across this "Highly Modified Roland TR-505 Circuit Bent Drum Machine" while carousing Ebay this afternoon. What a beauty:

Bent TR-505

05rmm+ from r.e.division on Vimeo.

4 sale+ from r.e.division on Vimeo.