Deviant Synth

Therevox

admin — Wed, 09 May 2012 21:13:56 +0000

After years of threats, the Therevox ET-4 is finally available.
And yes, it’s another Ondes-style controller.
(Unlike the French Connection, it has a built-in two oscillator analog synth. And $1475 is a bargain.)

It’s an “Amplifryer”.

admin — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 22:16:32 +0000

This defies explanation.

What came before the Fairlight?

admin — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 09:05:35 +0000

All the way back in 1972, Tony Furse managed to get funding to build a polyphonic digital/analog synth. That was the Qasar.

He built precisely two prototypes–the finished machine would have been far too costly for the era, so no investors came forward. Tony persisted, though, and developed it into a primitive sampling machine with dual 6800 microprocessors (brand-new on the market) in 1978. That machine, the Qasar M8, eventually was commercialized as the Fairlight CMI. (More history here.)

So where’s the NTH?

admin — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:53:46 +0000

It’s got a blog, it’s been mentioned on Gizmodo, Makezine has done a piece on it. They’ve been talking it up for at least 4 months. So when does it ship?

If you’re interested in one, go here and donate.

A modular synth powered by 9-volt batteries

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:03:34 +0000

Seen on another Deviant Art account.
More in his gallery.

Dewanatron Hymnotron

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:43:07 +0000

Showed off at NAMM: video
More pics.

There’s your alternate controller for the month…..

The Flintstone Cracklebox

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:44:39 +0000

From Dave Wright, of course.
Video here.

Plus: it’s digital but worth mentioning for its
huge DIY potential: the Roninsynth.

Happy 2012

admin — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:19:33 +0000

And here’s your first deviant synth for the new year:
a horribly-mangled Atari 400……

Controlling an oscillator, the hard way…..

admin — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 10:43:43 +0000

This guy took an ancient (1980 or so) paper-tape reader from a Heathkit computer and rewired it so it would control a simple oscillator bank made with 555 timer chips. Then he made punched tapes for it, by writing a QBASIC program. I’m afraid to ask how long it took him.

Furby Gurdy, model II

admin — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:14:25 +0000

Nervous Squirrel strikes again.

Cock-a-doodle-doo.

He also made something called a “mucky sailor“.