We don't think that KRAFTWERK need any introduction here at Synthtube. For those who are not in the know, check out the Wiki page explaining the massive influence that this German band have had on Synthesizer music and Synthpop, then listen to this classic track, Radioactivity.
Back in the dark old days of the 1990's, when processor speeds were low (compared to today), and memory requirements were stringent upon developers to be ULTRA efficient, there was a burgeoning community referred to as the "demoscene", where assembly (close to machine code) programmers would get together with artists ...
Here at Synthtube, we consider the concerts performed in China in 1981 by Jean Michelle-Jarre to be amongst the most impressive and influential Synth-Pop / Prog-Rock albums of all time. Incidentally, Jarre was the first western musician to be allowed to play in China at the time in 1981. The music ...
In 1992, a company was founded in the UK by the name of Novation Digital Music Systems. Today the company is owned by the Focusrite company, famous for their microphone Pre-Amps, amongst other things. Under the stewardship of the designer of the "WASP" and "OSCar" Synthesizers, Novation went on to make ...
Can't find any wikipedia or other info for the mid 70's band, "The Droids". If you have any info, leave it in the comments or please email us if you know anything about this band. Otherwise, enjoy this truly awesome 70's French synthpop! :P High Quality / Stereo Version (Audio Only) at ...
Children of the 80's like us at Synthtube, will fondly remember the 80's Nintendo Peripheral, the "Power Glove" for the Super Nintendo video games console. Denkitribe, a synth-music-making-guru we frequently feature here on Synthtube, has some videos up recently where he has connected one of these Power Gloves to an Arduino ...
You may have heard us raving here before on Synthtube about the new Synth from Dave Smith Instruments (DSI), the "Prophet 08'". Here is a reasonably decent demo of the Synth in question, showing how analog sound-making technology blended with Digital control can end up with a truly awesome sound. Enjoy.
After a long Hiatus, SynthTube is back. This week's post focuses on the long lost art of "Demoscene" music. Many a Synth artist, particularly in the 1990's, got their start writing music for demos using early tracker software. This clip showcases a very impressive example of where the art has come - ...
A few days ago at the office, SynthTube chanced upon a co-worker playing with a free version of the marvelous iPhone/iPod Touch application, "LoopTastic" on his iPhone. The App appears to be a hybrid loop sequencer / dj mixer, with block modules representing loops on the bottom X-axis of the screen, ...
Quite frankly, we're amazed we haven't posted on the TB-303 on this site yet. Basically, the 303 is singlehandedly responsible for taking "electronic music" into the next dimension. Produced between 1982 and 1984, Roland never made more than 10,000 of these little beasts. In a classic case of "what the market REALLY ...
We won't say anything more other than : This baby is playing an ARP-Odyssey. It must be seriously nice when Mummy and Daddy can afford to let baby mash keys on a vintage beast like this. Enjoy.
YT User provides this "difficult listening" style video of his own creation - a "Circuit Bent" Barbie Karaoke machine. From the post : It is based on Casper Electronics schematic here http://casperelectronics.com/finished... Intriguing.
In 1969, the band "Chicory Tip", from Maidstone in Kent, UK, formed, and were signed to CBS records. Although their first singles were unsuccessful, they burst onto the scene in 1971 with the song "Excuse Me Baby". The group's crowning glory came when they encountered a song written by (synth guru) ...
Every now and again, you see those videos on YT where somebody records themselves playing different "parts" in some kind of song or original creation. We just found a very nice cover of Jean Michel Jarre's "Equinoxe Pt. 1" using only an Elka EP-8. YT user 'organfairy' gets full credit for ...
We think we've found the solution for modern popular music going down the tubes. Hire BABIES to make it instead. With due apologies, here is another video of an awesomely talented baby playing with a synth. This kid actually appears to be turning the knobs though. What do you think, is this ...
Back in the early 1980's, Italian Boutique Synthesizer maker, ELKA made a synth called the "Synthex". The later got swallowed by their current parent, "Generalmusic". We found a fascinating video on YT of Paul Wiffen demo'ing one of these beasts - it would appear sometime in the early 90's. The device ...
Released in London in 2007, the Yamaha Tenori-On is a revolutionary music creation device / controller designed by Japanese Artist Toshio Iwai (famous for designing beautiful Nintendo DS Music Software, "Electroplankton") and Yu Nishibori, of the "Music and Human Interface Group", at the Yamaha Center for Advanced Sound Technology. If ...
Between 1979 and 1984, legendary Synth Manufacturer MOOG produced approximately 11,000 Moog "Prodigy" synthesizers. We'll save you the features list and let you travel over to the Wiki on these beasts at Wikipedia if you're after that, otherwise, we'll let you enjoy this great demo of the device from YT User ...
So apparently the Naked Baby playing a Synth vid has been pretty popular over at BoingBoing.Net. We're stunned to say, that there's already a "Mashup" of said video, involving YT user 'softcorerobot' mixing the Naked Baby Synth with Charlie Dark, and the poor parents of this child are waking up to ...
**UPDATE** This little "toy" is for sale! (price on application). Check out the very weird and wonderful hand made instruments on Critter and Guitari's website, at http://www.critterandguitari.com/home/index.php --- Original Post : Nice little video of a "Zig Zag Synth", played by Vimeo user "Critter and Guitari". Don't know much about this little toy, it looks ...
