synthesisers
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The Awesome Blinky Lights And Gnarly Sounds From NAMM 2013
NAMM is the musical instrument industry’s annual woohoo of a trade show where all the big names show off the fancy new wares they want the musicians of the world to embrace. But if you don’t actually go to the show, the best part is watching demo videos full of crazy sound and batshit blinking…
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Herbie Hancock Blows Kids’ Minds With The Power Of Synthesised Music
Legendary jazz keyboardist Herbie Hancock stops by Sesame Street to explain the inner workings of the state-of-the-art (in 1983, at least) Fairlight CMI synthesiser and its monochrome touchscreen monitor to a bunch of seven year-olds.
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Google’s Rad Synth Doodle Explained By Moog Music Chief Engineer
We first got a look at the Google Doodle celebrating Robert Moog’s 78th birthday on Google.jp yesterday, and now it’s live in the US. Synthtastic! But, uh, how do all of those knobs and sliders work?
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An Ultra-Tiny Synth Designed To Look Like Something Called A Mixtape
According to Wikipedia, at one time mankind used reels of thin flexible tape contained in plastic casings to store and share music. And that’s where the creators of the adorably tiny Mixtape Alpha 8-bit synth drew their design inspiration.