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Joel Thurman’s MFOS project

by adminDIY - Music from outer Space, Do-it-yourself, Hardware, News March 20, 2023March 20, 2023Comments are Disabled

Some time ago I found out about Joel Thurman, who’s building an MFOS synthesizer. I asked him if it were ok to publish some pictures and do a feature about …

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PERU – Live in Heerenveen

by adminArtists-E, Artists-K, Artists-P/Q, Brands-E, DIY - Formant, Dutch Electronic Music, History, News, Vintage equipment February 21, 2023February 21, 2023Comments are Disabled

Jan van Althuis, one of the organisers of the Heerenveen concert of Peru, contacted us and he shared some nostalgic documents, Such as this one: Interesting to read that KLEM …

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PERU – Live in Nieuw Lekkerland

by adminArtists-E, Artists-K, Artists-P/Q, Brands-E, DIY - Formant, Dutch Electronic Music, History, News, Vintage equipment February 21, 2023February 21, 2023Comments are Disabled

We found a video (in two parts) of Peru Live performances. Recorded during their concert in Nieuw Lekkerland. Please be prepared for low quality video (VHS transferred to digital) and …

(Updated) PERU – Live in Zwijndrecht

by adminArtists-E, Artists-K, Artists-P/Q, Brands-E, DIY - Formant, Dutch Electronic Music, History, News, Vintage equipment February 21, 2023February 22, 2023Comments are Disabled

Update February 21, 2023: we asked Rob Papen about his memories of this show… “I don’t remember much about it. Was in the time of Constellations (LP). Ruud van Es …

(Updated) Maplin 5600 demonstration

by adminBrands-M, DIY - Maplin/ETI, Do-it-yourself, History, News, Vintage equipment January 30, 2023February 22, 2023Comments are Disabled

Update January 30: Johan Dunér has uploaded a couple of new video’s on the Maplin 5600. Now there are 4 chapters: The Maplin general demonstration Powersupply Keyboard controller Oscillators Very …

Build your own 1V/Octave VCO

by adminDesign, DIY - Miscellaneous, Do-it-yourself, Hardware, Instruction, News December 26, 2022December 26, 2022Comments are Disabled

We noticed this interesting article on Allaboutcircuits . It was created by Robin Mitchell in August, 2016. It seems to be part 1 of a series about building your own …

Scott Raymond’s Electronium

by adminArticle-Vintage synthesizer, Artists-R, Background, Brands-E, DIY - Miscellaneous, Do-it-yourself, History, News, Vintage equipment November 20, 2022November 20, 2022Comments are Disabled

This article appeared in the Gear History range of features at Reverb.com, November 15, 2022. The article is produced by Mark Brend. Please note that all (c) are with Reverb …

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SynTesla VII – by Pierre-Jean Tardiveau

by adminDesign, DIY - Miscellaneous, Do-it-yourself, Hardware, News October 9, 2022October 9, 2022Comments are Disabled

The SynTeslas, no Elon Musk doesn’t build synths yet, The Synteslas are a range of stunning custom synthesizers made from well-known commercial products. The first SynTesla DIY Synthesizer was a …

SynTesla II – by Pierre-Jean Tardiveau

by adminDesign, DIY - Miscellaneous, Do-it-yourself, Hardware, News October 9, 2022October 9, 2022Comments are Disabled

The first SynTesla DIY Synthesizer was a steampunk design based on the Waldorf Streichfett by Pierre-Jean Tardiveau. After this project, Pierre-Jean worked on the SynTesla II, another Steampunk Synthesizer, but …

Thonk 10 Year anniversary – Sale!

by adminAnnouncement, Brands-T, DIY - Miscellaneous, Do-it-yourself, Hardware, News September 14, 2022September 14, 2022Comments are Disabled

The DIY-synth-for-breakfasters amongst you – or the Eurorack modular builders/collectors probably know Thonk already: a UK (Brighton) based company specialised in components and modules for modular / eurorack synths. Within …