Little Blue Box
I’ve made another little blue electronic device. This one is, simultaneously: a PC microphone to line level interface an expression pedal to CV output converter PC mics (like old SoundBlaster mics)...
View ArticleAlesis NanoSynth Battery Change
I got a second-hand NanoSynth a while back in a moment of eBay weakness. It’s tiny, though still 16-part multitimbral and with a good set of sounds on it. When I got it, however, only half the sounds...
View ArticleDouble Skinned Hackstudio
It’s been a busy holiday here at HQ, we’ve been building! The project is to create a separate space for the music studio. In order to make the drywall as sound proof as possible we constructed it with...
View ArticleRack Cabinet
With never enough space and audio gear piled precariously high, it was clear we needed a new rack cabinet. Rack hardware tends to be expensive, and it proved difficult to find something that would fit...
View ArticleRhythm Ace
Yes I got a bit auction excited – but I’ve been after one of these for ages! It’s a Bentley Rhythm Ace FR-2L. Also sold under the Hammond brand, they were actually made by Ace Tone around 1964. Ace...
View ArticleThe Plague Comes to Town
On the weekend we hosted the first Music Hackspace workshop. Martin Howse, visiting from Berlin, instructed a dozen eager hackers in the construction of their very own micro_blackdeath noisemaker. The...
View ArticleDancing for Burma
We’ve just finished building a mobile sound system, and it’s a nice one. It is built to run for 66 days straight, 8hrs per day, as part of Ben’s crazy fundraising mission to dance across Britain! The...
View ArticleHolding Arms
The electronics R&D here has lately been very much focused on ARM processors and all things DSP. Numerous dev boards are littering the space, hooked up to all sorts of stripboards, instruments and...
View ArticleAccess Virus Indigo Repair
The Access Virus Indigo is an amazing virtual analog synth. This is the ‘Roadster’ version of the Virus B, which by many is still considered the gnarliest of them all. However as other users have...
View ArticleMusic Hackship
Workshops, performances, talks and art installations, all happening onboard the amazing MS Stubnitz this Saturday. Check it out!
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