http://www.experimentalistsanonymous.com/blog/ Interesting sites, news, and adventures in DIY audio en-us 86400 images/logo.jpg http://www.experimentalistsanonymous.com/blog/ 150 50 Interesting sites, news, and adventures in DIY audio Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:01:34 GMT http://www.experimentalistsanonymous.com/blog/?permalink=1802 http://www.experimentalistsanonymous.com/blog/?permalink=1802 So you might be catching on that I like _____-on-a-chip's a lot. Well, here's a new one to think about - the CEM3394. It's an analog synth voice on a chip - or as the datasheet puts it: "Included inside the compact 20 pin package is fully... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:00:11 GMT http://www.experimentalistsanonymous.com/blog/?permalink=1800 http://www.experimentalistsanonymous.com/blog/?permalink=1800 Forgot to post - we-broke 10,000 posts on the message board! A milestone to be remembered for centuries. In pretty close to five years as well. We've had roughly three million thread views since then, with 1575 topics. Not bad! Thanks for sticking... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:45:50 GMT http://www.experimentalistsanonymous.com/blog/?permalink=1796 http://www.experimentalistsanonymous.com/blog/?permalink=1796 Oof, it's been a while. I've had a number of things I've wanted a post about but no change. One of them is gieskes.nl . Ths guy (Gij) makes a number of novel instruments, in addition to some nice bends. My current favorite (though it's hard to pick)... Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:34:10 GMT http://www.experimentalistsanonymous.com/blog/?permalink=1791 http://www.experimentalistsanonymous.com/blog/?permalink=1791 This video is priceless. The audio is a tape describing the functioning of Comptalker CT-1 , a speech board used on older computers. There is some truly eerie stuff in this video - in particular the emulation of the Martin Luther King speech.... Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:54:10 GMT http://www.experimentalistsanonymous.com/blog/?permalink=1790 http://www.experimentalistsanonymous.com/blog/?permalink=1790 The SX-150 is a funny little stylus controlled synth which was included as a kit with a japanese magazine/book a little while ago. Because of it's simple design, cheapness, and capabilities it's becoming quite popular. It's a common sight on... Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:41:07 GMT http://www.experimentalistsanonymous.com/blog/?permalink=1782 http://www.experimentalistsanonymous.com/blog/?permalink=1782 So after a lot of thought I decided to buy a midines . I spent a lot of time trying to figure out if I could program the cart myself, rather than paying someone else to do it, but eventually just decide it probably was a better idea to just snag the... Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:16:52 GMT http://www.experimentalistsanonymous.com/blog/?permalink=1769 http://www.experimentalistsanonymous.com/blog/?permalink=1769 Via this thread Intermediate Circuitbending & Video Art Saturday October 25th, 12-6pm and Sunday October 26th, 12-6pm Instructor: Phil Stearns Materials fee includes a vintage computer system + all parts and other goodies. Sign up as a member to... Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:41:06 GMT http://www.experimentalistsanonymous.com/blog/?permalink=1760 http://www.experimentalistsanonymous.com/blog/?permalink=1760 Frequencycentral has been posting some sweet tube circuits. They use the 5672 pentode, which is a tiny tube that lends itself well to fitting into stompboxes (and working with unobscene voltages). The picture below is the "red star drive" ,... Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:15:49 GMT http://www.experimentalistsanonymous.com/blog/?permalink=1753 http://www.experimentalistsanonymous.com/blog/?permalink=1753 OK guys, here's the current status. I have one PU left, they've flown all over the world and everyone's digging them. Snag this last one before it's too late... Last time I sold PUs I put the final one on eBay, but I have a much smaller presence on a... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:43:01 GMT http://www.experimentalistsanonymous.com/blog/?permalink=1751 http://www.experimentalistsanonymous.com/blog/?permalink=1751 I've been meaning to post this for a while. Steven over at the squarewave parade came up with a pretty brilliant idea a while ago - kits of basic circuit building blocks that can be interfaces to make synths, controllers, etc. It's nice to think of...