synthesisers
Science
Audeo Captures Electrical Signals From The Brain To Create Sound
12:40PM Rosa Golijan | Your lungs deliver air, vocal cords vibrate, mouth moves, and… nothing. One of those processes failed and you’re left voiceless, speech impaired. Enter Audeo which captures electrical signals intended for the vocal cords and interprets them to produce sound. More »
Music
Tenori-On Goes Orange And Gets A Little Cheaper, Sort Of
3:40AM Danny Allen | The Tenori-On remains one of the most eye-catching, hypnotising ways to make music, and Yamaha has a cheaper model coming in January. Unlike the original, it can’t use batteries, has plastic casing and the LED lights only show on one side. More »
Entertainment
Funky Organ Is Full of Gremlins So Cute You’d Want to Adopt Them
2:00PM Jesus Diaz | Always count on Coca-Cola to create one of those summer ads that make you want go party in Costa Rica for three months. This time, thanks to a freaky organ with funky gremlins. [DRB] More »
Gadgets
Mutant Thingamakit Has Way Too Many Light Hungry Tentacles
8:40AM Gizmodo US Edition | Thingamakits have been every synth nerd’s DIY light-controlled, analogue noise friend. This abomination grew extra LED and photo-sensor tentacles that produce different tones and pitches, depending on the amount and type of light received. [Make] More »
Gadgets
Teenage Engineering’s OP-1 Is a Sleekly Satisfying Synthesiser
1:00PM Gizmodo US Edition | The Operator 1 is a portable synth and MIDI controller that lets you sample Beyonce, work your tweaking magic, and convert your sounds instantly to MP3. More »
Gadgets
Electro-Harmonix Voice Box Auto-Harmoniser Is the Beach Boys to Your Brian Wilson
6:40AM John Mahoney | Electro-Harmonix, producers of the BIG MUFF, make some of the best music effects boxes around. And the new Voice Box is amazing: it will automatically harmonise with whatever you throw at it. See for yourself. More »
Software
Vocaloid 3: Japanese Synthesised Singing Sensation Now Knows English
4:30PM Elaine Chow | Vocaloid, the super-popular singing synthesizer from Japan has now gotten an update–and it (she) is bilingual! Meet Megurine Luka, who’s “moody and husky” voice is now yours to command in both Japanese and English. More »
Gadgets
DIY Passive Multitouch Input Device Recreates the 80s for About $US50
8:00AM Jack Loftus | This passive multitouch controller designed and built by Randy Jones requires no electric circuits to operate. All it needs it a little 80s synth and the party starts itself. More »
Science
Brain Surgeons Give Mute Man Second Chance to Speak
6:00PM Elaine Chow | Brain surgeons at Boston University have enabled a mute man to speak again by implanting an electrode into his brain. The electrode senses when he’s thinking about vowels and reproduces them using a speech synthesiser. More »
Gadgets
