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New sounds for the classic Optigan instrument

Optigan aficionado Pea Hix created a homebrew sound disc for the awesomely obscure instrument - the first expansion for the instrument in 34 years!

It's the news you've been waiting for! We are now ready to release the first in a series of new, high quality Optigan discs. We've listened to your feedback and have produced a disc that contains the sounds most requested, and in the style that scored the highest in our survey. We call the disc Radioaktivox. Is in the style of a familiar German synthesizer band from the seventies. We used the much sought after Optigan/Orchestron choir sound for the keys- a sound made famous by said band. We used the original source material from the master tapes and have totally eliminated the clicks and pops at the loop seams.

Pre-orders are currently being accepted - NEW Optigan disc - RADIOTAKTIVOX

In case you're not familiar, the Optiganis a 70's-era electronic keyboard which creates sounds via samples recorded on optical disc. It was marketed as an easy-to use family instrument, but it's low-cost mechanisms and general quirkiness made it too unreliable for mainstream success. The instrument does however hold a special place in the hearts of many musicians due to its unique sound quality and kitschy prerecorded sequences.

Posted by Collin Cunningham | 3:00 PM in Music | | Discuss (0)

Beef Jerky purse

Artist Nancy Wu made a tasty (or disgusting) beef jerky handbag.... Read More

"Stupid Robot" contest

I like "dumb bots" (a.k.a. BEAM robots) as much as the next analog electronics fan, but Baca RoboCup is something entirely different. These baca ("foolish" or "stupid") robots are meant to be as idiotic as possible and must be... Read More

Simple DS talkbox

Prolific podcaster jetdaisuke shares this super-simple recipe for a talkbox upgrade to Korg's Nintendo DS synthesizer - using straw + tape.... Read More

Visible atari punk console ... in progress

From the MAKE: Flickr pool The Botomless Paddling Pool constructed this excellent freeform APC circuit -I'm taking a paper in the first semester coming up on making your own synth from scratch and I thought that I'd better polish... Read More

More shackitecture and call for "Urban Homesteading Act"

Last week, Mister Jalopy started out to write another one of is fine entries on D+R about "shackitecture" and ended up penning a proposal for an "Urban Homesteading Act," a new generation of homesteading laws. As discussed on D+R... Read More

Cardboard slices of Millenium Falcon

Ryan is just a college student with his own robot hand and Millenium Falcon, right? Well, Ryan just happened to make his own with the help of a laser cutter and some Python scripting that he cooked up to... Read More

Garduino: Gardening + Arduino

I just published my Instructable on getting my Arduino to take care of my plants. Specifically, Garduino waters the plants when their soil resistance level drops too low and turns on supplemental lighting to make total light daily equal... Read More

Will these vehicles run? A puzzle from the past

Will These Vehicles Run? Modern Mechanix, 1932. HERE’S a real brain tickler for puzzle fans—study the drawings above, figure out whether the lead balls and the water motor will move the vehicles or not (and why), send in your... Read More

Chiaroscuro case mod by Nick Falzone

Chiaroscuro case mod by Nick Falzone @ bit-etch via Gizmodo. Nick, or Greensabbath as he's also known in some modding circles, is renowned for his incredible mastery of all woods that grow. While you'd think trees would fear him... Read More

$100 off Bug Labs: BUGbase units

Big holiday sale on the open source hardware product - Bug Labs: BUGbase units. Here's a note I received from their team today... BUG orders are now shipping within 48 hours of purchase. BUGbase holiday discounts - for a... Read More

How-to Tuesday: tinyCylon kit

This week I made the tinyCylon kit from the Maker Shed. It's a fun little project that has a lot of cool light patterns programmed onto the chip. You can purchase a tinyCylon kit in the Maker Shed. Suscribe... Read More

Sustainable Junkyard Wars

Photograph by Yifeng Song If you happen to be living in rural Bolivia, building a water pump isn't going to include a visit to the local hardware store. Nor can you assume being able to plug into a power... Read More

Habu Textiles annual sale

The amazing Habu Textiles has started their annual yarn sale - they have the coolest yarns made of paper, silk, cotton, ramie, lots of strange and wonderful stuff for all kinds of art projects!... Read More

Guitar + 2 iPods = iTouch guitar

What's the quickest way to add the capabilities of iPod Touch to your guitar? - try mounting 2 of them to your ax's body! (hey, I said 'quickest way', not 'cheapest') The ipod closest to the guitar pick ups... Read More

Kinetic sculpture uses analog wires and pulleys to generate fluid motion

This kinetic sculpture by artist Reuben Margolin installed at the Swiss Center for Technorama near Zurich employs 450 suspended aluminum rods on 256 wires with 3,000 pulleys and sliding bars controlling the system. Interesting effect that employs no computers,... Read More

simple DIY 555 synth

Youtuber sycmuzak posted this demo/explanation of his breadboarded sound circuit - My homemade 555 timer synthesizer. I made it in about 2 hours from 2 555 timers, 4 capacitors, 1 resistor and 3 potentiometers. Schematic can be made available... Read More

Virtual worlds and physical space collide

"Control Structure" by Australian artist Sam Smith is a sculpture and interactive installation built from hoop pine plywood, maple plywood, polyester resin, fiberglass, an LCD monitor and other materials. From the description: "A large digital video zoom lens extrudes... Read More

Circuit-bending with the LTC1799 kit

GetLoFi posted detailed info on using their LTC1799 Precision Oscillator kit for pitch control on a Casio SA-39 Keyboard - The kit oscillates at frequencies from 1KHz to 30Mhz and its output frequency is controlled with a potentiometer. The... Read More

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Weekend Project: USBattery
Here is a super small, sneaky storage device for your secret stuff. Thanks go to Andrew Lewis for the original article in Make: Volume 16 To download The USBattery MP4 click here or subscribe in iTunes. Check out the... More

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How-Tuesday: Felt Garlands with littleloveblue For more information and to download the template, check out the [https://www.etsy.com/storque/how-to/how-tuesday-felt-garlands-with-littleloveblue-3083/ full article] on [https://www.etsy.com/storqu…

North Pole Christmas Decoration How to build a north pole for your outdoor Christmas decorations. It's over seven feet tall and was very inexpensive to make.

Making a King Koopa suit A few weeks ago I was invited to a video game-themed party. Since I knew the hostess would provide so much more than your average run-of-the-mill-party I too wanted to come up with something extrao…

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