thingstruments

Bumped into this set of very cool artwork by Dan McPharlin . He has creates little synthesizer miniatures from cardboard. I can almost hear them bleep and bloop.

This guy built his own modular and filmed it all with a time-lapse app for the iPhone. The synthesizer can be also heard on the soundtrack. Amazing work!

I really have no excuse for not introducing the Teenage Engineering OP-1 until now. It first gained fame being featured in the swedish house Mafia's music video for "One (Your Name)" . It's a quirky portable music workstation. Here's one example of the OP-1 in action: And here's a tutorial to the ridiculous and wide accessories range, which makes the OP-1 even more a real Thingstrument. The unit currently costs 800€, so it's not the cheapest toy you can get, but it can really do quite a lot for the buck.

Every synth enthusiast must watch this: Moby going through his collection of synthesizers. The old drum synths get a lot of screen time. And Moby couldn't be more wrong when he ends the video by telling us he's not cool.

 Take a look at this awesome NAMM 2012 oddity ... For more NAMM 2012 awesomeness, check out the NAMM oddities site!

Check out this giant knob for CV tweaking! Moognify II from Combo Square on Vimeo .