We’re all gear ho’s.
Back in the beginnings of analog synthesis there was a brilliant guy named Nyle Steiner. He was a genius at building modular analog synthesizers. He also built many analog synthesizer based wind instruments. His creations looked like they were straight out of Frankenstein’s lab.
Now YOU can be a modern day Steiner and build your own synths with do-it-yourself kits from Music From Outerspace .com.
They’re cheap too.
Guitar maker Brian Moore is now making a USB guitar.
Why USB?
Just plug the iGuitar into the USB port any computer and get direct access any your favorite computer based recording program or guitar effects program.
– Built-in USB digital audio connects your guitar directly to you computer
– Record instantly in your favorite application such as Garageband. Logic or Cakewalk
– Play directly into the latest software programs such as Guitar Rig by Native Instruments and Amplitube Live by IK Multimedia
– Line level signal – No external audio-interface pre-amplification required
– Class Compliant – No need to load special software drivers
– Bus powered- no 9V battery necessary
– Available on all models (most are in stock)
Remember the Mellotron? It was keyboard built in the 60’s which played tape loops of samples like strings, voices etc. The machine would roll a tape loop and vary the speed of the tape depending on the pitch of the key played. They sounded very cool on old Beatles and Genesis albums.
Here’s a modern day version of the Mellotron. All those tiny little black items are individual walkmans. Very cool.
Here’s the guy’s site: https://mysterycircuits.com/melloman/melloman.html
Good grief what the hell is this thing? I thought that Sony in the last post was cool but this Aaton Cantar-X rocks! 8 simultaneous channels of recording onto an internal 127 gig 2.5″ hard drive or flash memory. It has tons of controls including having actual faders for those touchy feely type engineers. Up to 96Khz sampling and built in CDR burner? Wow. There’s no price on their site…that means it is sssspendy.
How about the cool bluetooth remote? Awesome.