23 Results for "light"

Synth Space Berlin, Light Sequencing, Experimental FM: Synth Journal

Join Matt Johnson and Dom Sigalas on a tour of Yamaha’s Synth Space Berlin. Also: light-based Sequencing, experimental FM, and music on Radio Shack computers.

Mattoverse Solar Sound – Solar powered drive tones?

The Mattoverse Solar Sound is a light-powered effect pedal; the more light the better it works! How does it perform on a darkened stage though?

Meet Brian Eno’s turntable a marvellous light cycling LED art piece

We look at Brian Eno's limited edition LED turntable, his latest visual arts offering through the Paul Stolper Gallery in London, UK.

Analogue Solutions lights up modulations with LED CV patch cables

The makers of serious analogue gear still have time for fun, lights and the dancing of modulations via their LED CV patch cables.

GLOW LFO: Weird light controlled LFO from Error Instruments

Our favourite makers of the wonderfully bizarre are back with the GLOW LFO. It's an LFO that gets messed about by a light feeding a light sensor - awesome!

ACID BEE: Experimental light controlled bassline creator from Error Instruments

ACID BEE is a beep and bassline generator that makes experimental sounds when you do nothing and even better sounds when you play with the knobs, hit the buttons and wave at it.

RockBoard LED Light – Perfect for knob twiddling in the dark

A compact, neat solution for your pedalboard and perfect for working on dark stages. Will the new RockBoard LED Light be the perfect add on for your effects setup?

Jupiter III J3DX analog space synth incoming from Chamber of Sounds

Handbuilt in the USA the Jupiter J3DX is the 10th-anniversary edition of the mad little space born mini Jupiter synth from Chamber of Sounds coming in July

Fender Lightweight Ash American Professional: It ain’t heavy!

Fender has today announced new light weight models for 2019. Will the new Lightweight Ash American Professional range be perfect for players looking for great tones from a lighter guitar?

A Styrofoam Telecaster! Is this the lightest guitar ever?

Another incredible guitar from Burls Art: Following on from two models made of colouring pencils, his new Styrofoam Telecaster weighs in at 3.5 lbs. Could this be the lightest guitar ever?

Guitar sustain: Do heavier guitars really sustain for longer?

Heavier guitars sustain for longer - don't they? Or is this one of the biggest myths about electric guitar? YouTuber Darrell Braun has made a little video to help you decide if it's true - or not.

Ladies, your audio interface has arrived and it’s called Mirror

So it's 2018 and someone decides to make an interface "for females" that looks like a make-up box, complete with an integrated mirror and light. We wish this was a joke, but it isn't. Update - it's been pulled.

Euclidean Circles V2 dazzles rhythms onto your Eurorack

Vladimir Pantelic has released a new version of his awesomely bright and groovy Euclidean Circles. Featuring a new manual step edit mode and an F button that can be anything you want.

Alexander Pedals Defender – Retro ’80s Videogame or whacky effect?

The Alexander Pedals Defender combines a whole heap of effects into one little pedal, with noise mangling retro '80s bleeps and quacks available for the masses. Could this 'Stargate Drive' be the one for you?

NAMM 2018: Trinalog Effects Station

Does the guitar world need world’s first app-controlled, cartridge cased analogue effects pedalboard? Well Trinalog has made one anyway

ROLI releases a “next generation” Lightpad: Welcome to Block M

The new Light Block M features added sensitivity, undulating tactile feedback and a deeper and thicker fingerable surface. Erm... this is a musical product right?

Behold the Photon Hunter: a steampunk ambient sound extractor

An extraordinary object for extracting hidden layers of sound from the ambient environment, the Photon Hunter will take you on many strange adventures.

Mooer Red Truck: Compact multi-effect for gigging guitarists on a budget

Mooer are out to prove they can offer a shedload of useful features on a lightweight solution at a low price. But is the new Red Truck multi-effect slowed down by too many compromises?

TC Electronics ‘Star Wars Day’ Giveaway Competition: May The Fourth be with you

Yes, it's Star Wars Day and TC Electronics have lost the plot. About the same same length as a womp rat and about as useful as a dead one.

NAMM 2017: Teenage Engineering OP-Z is coming together

We saw the OP-Z last year but now it's slowly coming together as a 16 track synth sequencer that also pulls in lights, visuals and animation

Spectrus: Light up your fretboard

No more Spinal Tap moments when playing live thanks to this new gadget that attaches to your headstock and illuminates your fretboard.

7 dials CV Express DIY Kit: A crazy new module for synth geeks

The CV Express module is an expression pedal interface for modular synthesizers that produces a variety of outputs for use in controlling other modules. This kit from UK company 7 Dials will add lots of fun to ...

Cardboard Stratocaster!

Cardboard guitar engineering feat that sounds like a classic Stratocaster.