Deviant Synth http://www.deviantsynth.com If it's abnormal, it's here. Thu, 04 Apr 2013 20:01:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 C-Thru is having a blow-out sale http://www.deviantsynth.com/2013/04/04/c-thru-is-having-a-blow-out-sale/ http://www.deviantsynth.com/2013/04/04/c-thru-is-having-a-blow-out-sale/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 20:01:16 +0000 admin http://www.deviantsynth.com/?p=585 http://www.c-thru-music.com/cgi/?page=home

Maybe they’re going under?……

]]> http://www.deviantsynth.com/2013/04/04/c-thru-is-having-a-blow-out-sale/feed/ 0 First there was the “rainboard”…… http://www.deviantsynth.com/2013/03/09/first-there-was-the-rainboard/ http://www.deviantsynth.com/2013/03/09/first-there-was-the-rainboard/#comments Sat, 09 Mar 2013 21:02:52 +0000 admin http://www.deviantsynth.com/?p=581 ….and now we have the “Seaboard”.

It’s been announced all over the place: BBC (who stupidly call it a “sound system”), Synthtopia, Sonic State.

Predictably, it’s not yet in production, much less has a price tag attached — but already nerds are complaining about the price. Plus, the continued use of the aging MIDI protocol will limit its interfacing abilities to software or other synth electronics. I wish them luck, they’ll need it.

I almost forgot to mention the German made Endeavour controller. It, apparently, is actually shipping.

]]> http://www.deviantsynth.com/2013/03/09/first-there-was-the-rainboard/feed/ 5 Erebus Orifice http://www.deviantsynth.com/2012/12/19/erebus-orifice/ http://www.deviantsynth.com/2012/12/19/erebus-orifice/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 04:26:29 +0000 admin http://www.deviantsynth.com/2012/12/19/erebus-orifice/ A new hunk of madness from Zerosum.

Erebus Orifice

Completely different from anything Metasonix, Trogotronics, or anyone else has ever offered for sale before. Trust me.

]]> http://www.deviantsynth.com/2012/12/19/erebus-orifice/feed/ 0 Rainboard http://www.deviantsynth.com/2012/10/06/rainboard/ http://www.deviantsynth.com/2012/10/06/rainboard/#comments Sat, 06 Oct 2012 20:29:15 +0000 admin http://www.deviantsynth.com/2012/10/06/rainboard/ Rainboard video
How to make your own. (Warning: big job.)

]]> http://www.deviantsynth.com/2012/10/06/rainboard/feed/ 1 Therevox http://www.deviantsynth.com/2012/05/09/therevox/ http://www.deviantsynth.com/2012/05/09/therevox/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 21:13:56 +0000 admin http://www.deviantsynth.com/?p=566 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.)

]]> http://www.deviantsynth.com/2012/05/09/therevox/feed/ 1 It’s an “Amplifryer”. http://www.deviantsynth.com/2012/03/28/its-an-amplifryer/ http://www.deviantsynth.com/2012/03/28/its-an-amplifryer/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 22:16:32 +0000 admin http://www.deviantsynth.com/?p=558
This defies explanation.

]]> http://www.deviantsynth.com/2012/03/28/its-an-amplifryer/feed/ 0 What came before the Fairlight? http://www.deviantsynth.com/2012/02/29/what-came-before-the-fairlight/ http://www.deviantsynth.com/2012/02/29/what-came-before-the-fairlight/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 09:05:35 +0000 admin http://www.deviantsynth.com/?p=554 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.)

]]> http://www.deviantsynth.com/2012/02/29/what-came-before-the-fairlight/feed/ 0 So where’s the NTH? http://www.deviantsynth.com/2012/02/10/so-wheres-the-nth/ http://www.deviantsynth.com/2012/02/10/so-wheres-the-nth/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:53:46 +0000 admin http://www.deviantsynth.com/?p=551 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.

]]> http://www.deviantsynth.com/2012/02/10/so-wheres-the-nth/feed/ 0 A modular synth powered by 9-volt batteries http://www.deviantsynth.com/2012/02/04/a-modular-synth-powered-by-9-volt-batteries/ http://www.deviantsynth.com/2012/02/04/a-modular-synth-powered-by-9-volt-batteries/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:03:34 +0000 admin http://www.deviantsynth.com/?p=549 Seen on another Deviant Art account.
More in his gallery.

]]> http://www.deviantsynth.com/2012/02/04/a-modular-synth-powered-by-9-volt-batteries/feed/ 0 Dewanatron Hymnotron http://www.deviantsynth.com/2012/01/27/dewanatron-hymnotron/ http://www.deviantsynth.com/2012/01/27/dewanatron-hymnotron/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:43:07 +0000 admin http://www.deviantsynth.com/?p=546

Showed off at NAMM: video
More pics.

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

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