DIY + Unusual

The long lost, 478-key Moog-Rothenberg keyboard makes its return

A little-known invention by Bob Moog in collaboration with mathematician/theorist David Rothenberg has come back from the dead. With 478...

Deluge synth-sequencer-sampler open-source community firmware is here

The Synthstrom Audible Deluge, a grid-based synth/sequencer/sampler, has its first official open-source, community-developed firmware - "and it's huge," the makers...

Black goo is the new oscilloscope: Love Hultén’s amazing ferrofluid synths

LEDs, cathode ray tubes, blinky lights - move over. Once you've seen dancing animated black goo frolicking in space to...

A very Unreal Halloween: playable Theremin, scenes from cinema

People continue to do wild things with Unreal Engine and MetaSounds. Celebrate Halloween with an interactive Theremin deep dive tutorial,...

Playing the space of Kraftwerk: Rabon Aibo’s sound art at Atonal

In fragmented materials and process-based performance interventions, this year's Atonal exhibition seems to breathe life into debris, a deconstruction of...

Tactile Patch Sheets are open 3D-printed synth overlays for vision accessibility

Patch sheets and synth overlays too often assume sighted users - so how do you make them accessible for people...

Dazzle at the soft synths of the Commodore Amiga – including a forgotten 1985 gem

The obscure software synth wonders of the Commodore Amiga hold up today as unique sound creation instruments. And as early...