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Thingamakit DIY Synthesiser is Horribly, Wonderfully Noisy
Posted by Gizmodo US Edition at 9:25 PM on July 7, 2008
Weird... but I kinda want to hear more. That's roughly how I'd describe the sound output of the Thingamakit, a strange "noise monster" DIY synthesiser. I like the fact that it uses some sort of optical feedback: adjusting those tentacles affects how the sounds are generated, which then gets fed back to the LEDs in the tentacles. So it's a pleasingly tactile gizmo, and if you're really a strange-noise-machine-ophile, you'll also appreciate that you can buy it as a kit from maker Bleep Labs. [Bleep Labs via Hackaday]
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Blue_Six
Posted 10:33 PM 7/7/08
DJ ScotchEgg is going to be all over this thing.
Would buy.
Blue_Six
Townie
Posted 10:14 PM 7/7/08
i might buy this thing for a friend! for he loves the bleeb's!
Townie
Gev
Posted 10:59 PM 7/7/08
I've been pondering buying a Thingamagoop for a while now. This looks more fun and I get to build it myself.
Consider it ordered.
Gev
buyj3llo
Posted 11:47 PM 7/7/08
do want.
buyj3llo
VideoVampire
Posted 11:39 PM 7/7/08
Im not sure but I think that thing just called R2-D2's mother a whore.
VideoVampire
likefry_likefry
Posted 12:18 AM 8/7/08
they had these as well as some smaller ones for sale at this circuit bending show i went to in manhattan a few months ago. i forget his full name, but there was one guy, bud, who put on an amazing show by using his hands to complete circuits on some seriously hacked up circuit boards. it sort of looked like he was electrocuting himself.
likefry_likefry
DaSmith
Posted 12:16 AM 8/7/08
Oh my god! R2D2 is on drugs!!! Poor Star Wars' fans. A lot of them are going to be miserable for the rest of their lives when they see R2 so high.
DaSmith
scaught
Posted 12:01 AM 8/7/08
Can a normal dude put this together? What's the talent level necessary for something like this? I can solder. At some point I did the titan labs GameBoyAdvance light up screen mod (who remembers THAT?), can I handle this?
scaught
HotFootMcCook
Posted 11:58 PM 7/7/08
Looks like a Boss distortion pedal from the 90's.
HotFootMcCook
Toto
Posted 12:32 AM 8/7/08
Neat.
If their international shipping charge was more realistic I'd get one now.
Toto
itchytooth
Posted 12:57 AM 8/7/08
I love it! Also, did anyone else notice that it looks like a face with crazy blinking eyes?
itchytooth
chonnes
Posted 2:13 AM 8/7/08
Anyone know how to clean drool out of a keyboard? (Thanks Giz)
chonnes
likefry_likefry
Posted 1:58 AM 8/7/08
@itchytooth: i think that may be the point?
likefry_likefry
nocode
Posted 5:16 AM 8/7/08
From the looks of it, it only has an output, right? I would love to see this as a guitar pedal.
nocode
sam_i_am
Posted 7:39 AM 8/7/08
**Flashback**
Oh man, how much of my life did I waste playing Commander Keen?
sam_i_am
Sunboom
Posted 7:17 AM 8/7/08
"I like the fact that it uses some sort of optical feedback: adjusting those tentacles affects how the sounds are generated, which then gets fed back to the LEDs in the tentacles."
I'd rather think that there are lightsensors on the device, so adjusting the light that the sensors receive affects how the sounds are generated. I think this is the case because the user sometimes uses his fingers to cover the sensors ;).
Sunboom
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
Posted 12:03 PM 8/7/08
I think that's what Mario listens under the effect... you know, all those crazy mushrooms and stars...
Bokusatsu_Tenshi