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drawdio music pencil lets you doodle electronic sounds

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Drawdio Electronic Pencil

Feeling musically inclined, but haven’t the time or knowledge to write sheet music? Now you can produce your own sonic creations simply by doodling on a piece of paper.

Designed by Adafruit (in collaboration with Jay Silver), Drawdio is an analog synthesizer circuit that straps to any soft-leaded pencil, and lets you crank out electronic sounds while you sketch…

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December 2nd, 2008 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

thingamagoop: super cool portable analog synth

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Thinamagoop Portable Analog Synthesizers from Bleep Labs

While researching the topic of innovative musical devices, I came across the guys at Bleep Labs and their totally wacky Thingamagoop custom synthesizer series.
These portable sythesizers generate electronica using a unique control interface: as you move a colorful LED over a photosensor, the sound’s waveform changes…

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August 13th, 2006 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

box generates dance music with press of a button

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Mungo Enterprises Infinite Horizon Dance Sequencer

Australia’s Mungo Enterprises has engineered the “Infinite Horizon“, a concept device capable of programatically generating modern dance/trance music with, literally, the push of a button. Just press the BIG RED BUTTON, and out comes a track.

There are a handful of additional controls to influence the direction of tracks, such as when to kick in bass, leads, and chords…

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August 13th, 2006 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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