Find of the week

I found this yesterday at a friends house, and he gave it to me, cause he had no need for it; Looks like a 40 year old DIY-Synth, he described it as a “Moog-clone”, but with only some basic features to tweek the sound; It still works ok, some keys don´t but the circuits seem [...]

DIY LoFi-Synth with 8-Step Sequencer

Finally I have made some fotos and also a short video demonstration of the LoFi-synth I recently built with a group of very cool people, initiated by the Swiss Mechatronic Art Society www.mechatronicart.ch, and hosted by the Basel based group iPlugin Basically the course was divided into three nights, the first in which we built [...]

NAMM NAMM NAMM NAMM!!!!

WOW, what a NAMM – Native Instruments and Ableton, Akai and MOTU, all brought out revolutionary stuff at the Winter NAMM 2009 in Anaheim, California. Ableton announced Live 8; well, we all awaited this, but the features are better than I ever dreamed of: – New groove engine plus cool templates for instant mapping – [...]

Oh what a day!

Today at 9 am I received almost all parts for my new DIY project, the MB-808. Not only that I was really surprised about the delivery from the US being faster than from germany (FED EX, big up for that one!), my studio-room now looks like some kind of turkish electronic-basar… Hopefully I will receive [...]

End of the year Mix

Well, a little late, but still nice 2 hear is the latest mix I made 1 day before Xmas; Although I could have done better I think it´s worth listening to… Download the mix here Tracklisting will follow

Happy New Year and Xmas-Mixtape from MUNK

A happy New Year to all of you out there, and all the best, loads of good music and all that for 2009! Just two days ago i got this one from a good friend of mine: The XMAS-Mix from MUNK & The Disco Devils Mixtape. Not all exactly my style, but still a good [...]

Polysix Midi Retrofit Board installation

I did this one some weeks ago, and also documented it all, but did not have the time yet to post it all… so i might take the time this week… UPDATE: Here are two shots I made during the installation. The main problem was the drilling of the hole to the outsinde, it took [...]