wax&wires

Check out this video of Moby’s Manhattan studio and his ridiculous collection of analogue toys.

Check out the latest from New Orleans’ finest, a band only 5 or 6 years into their current project that has already garnered Grammy noms and completely defined a genre all their own.

Percussa initially released the AudioCube over a year ago. The unique interfaces provide a creative means to playback samples, manipulate effects, and even generate audio based on proximity to other cubes, rotation, and a myriad of other features. Beyond everything else though, they just look cool.

This exhilarating performance from TEDx USC features the Yamaha Electone Stagea, a rare, imported instrument specially programmed by Qi herself.

Sonik Architects and BT have teamed up to create Sonifi, a sweet little iPhone App that lets you remix four tracks (Bass, Beats, Synth/FX, and Melody) by using the iPhone’s accelerometer and touchscreen.

Check out this quick (7 minutes, go figure) documentary on Paper Route’s making of “Absence,” entitled “7 minutes.”

Say hello to one of your favorite albums of 2009. Absence is the much anticipated debut from Nashville’s Paper Route.

This thing is totally form over function, but I’m kind of okay with that. I don’t even have any info about it other than it’s made by Klangwabe and was shown at Musikmesse 2009, but I had to post it because it was so pretty.

Just looking at Teenage Engineering’s new “Portable Wonder,” the OP-1 is enough to make you want it… and then you find out what it can do…

Check out The Mentalists’ cover the MGMT hit Kids, using the iPhone Apps Ocarina, Retro Synth, miniSynth, DigiDrummer Lite.

I just saw this over at cdm, somebody needs to get a full size one of these and put some guts in it!
I’m seriously done with teddy bears. I think my kid’s going to get a felt keytar for baby’s first Christmas instead. You can pick one up as your new snuggle buddy over at [...]

Bebot: part synthesizer and part animated robot.

Touching the screen causes the robot to move and make sounds controlled by your movements. Play it like a musical instrument, or just have fun watching the robot and making noises with your fingers.
Features 4-voice multitouch polyphony, multiple synthesis modes, tweakable sound parameters and echo effects, and hypnotic interactive [...]

MuteMath was on Leno last night with quite a few additional musicians, and down one trademark instrument. Paul’s keytar, the instrument that No Doubt tried to, and Mute Math did, make hip. Now you don’t have to hunt down a used Yamaha SHS-10 or Roland AX-7 on ebay to bring the funk.
At NAMM yesterday, Roland [...]

MIDIimplant is an ultra-compact way of adding MIDI control to an analog synthesizer, converting the protocol to control voltage signals. Considering the size and functionality, it appears to be a pretty good deal @ about 100 bucks(80EUR) for those interested in adding digital control to a classic synth. [via makezine]
Check it out here.