Glitchdesk.com News http://glitchdesk.com/blog Circuit Bending and Custom Musical Instruments at Glitchdesk.com Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:04:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 NTH Music Synthesizer Available Now at Kickstarter.com http://glitchdesk.com/blog/?p=62 http://glitchdesk.com/blog/?p=62#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:00:05 +0000 Glitchdesk.com http://glitchdesk.com/blog/?p=62 The NTH is a fun-to-use, sonically-rich, hackable music synthesizer.  It features digital oscillators, an analog low-pass filter, an integrated step sequencer, MIDI I/O, and simple, intuitive controls.

NTH Music Synthesizer

The NTH is available for purchase from February 2, 2012 to March 1, 2012 via Kickstarter:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/holland/nth-music-synthesizer

Upon successful funding, production of the NTH will begin and the entire design will be open-sourced.

Audio examples, product photos, and additional documentation can be found at the NTH website:

http://nthsynth.com/

The NTH was designed by Kevin Holland (sineqube.com) and John Staskevich (highlyliquid.com).

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]]> http://glitchdesk.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=53 0 Richard Devine’s Bend Workstation Video http://glitchdesk.com/blog/?p=49 http://glitchdesk.com/blog/?p=49#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:46:14 +0000 Glitchdesk.com http://glitchdesk.com/blog/?p=49 Richard Devine has posted a video of the Bend Workstation and a Roland TR-707 in action:

]]> http://glitchdesk.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=49 0 Waveplant – Refragment http://glitchdesk.com/blog/?p=45 http://glitchdesk.com/blog/?p=45#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:04:18 +0000 Glitchdesk.com http://glitchdesk.com/blog/?p=45 Joel Corelitz used a Glitchdesk Bend Workstation & Bent TR-707 to create most of the percussion for his Waveplant release, Refragment.

]]> http://glitchdesk.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=45 0 Glitchdesk in the Wild http://glitchdesk.com/blog/?p=40 http://glitchdesk.com/blog/?p=40#comments Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:50:51 +0000 Glitchdesk.com http://glitchdesk.com/blog/?p=40 A Glitchdesk Bend Workstation and a custom module appear in photographs from the recent Richard Devine feature at elektron-users.com.

Glitchdesk Modules in Richard Devine's Studio

]]> http://glitchdesk.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=40 0 Circuit Bent Auctions http://glitchdesk.com/blog/?p=39 http://glitchdesk.com/blog/?p=39#comments Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:44:26 +0000 Glitchdesk.com http://glitchdesk.com/blog/?p=39 Circuit bent items 28 (Speak & Spell) and 29 (Casio SK-1, SK-5 with Rackmount Panel) are now available at eBay with no reserve price. Auctions end on December 2nd.

]]> http://glitchdesk.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=39 0 Circuit Bent SK-1, SK-5, Rackmount Patch Panel http://glitchdesk.com/blog/?p=38 http://glitchdesk.com/blog/?p=38#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:28:07 +0000 Glitchdesk.com http://glitchdesk.com/blog/?p=38 A new instrument package has been posted here.

Included is an early Glitchdesk prototype module–a large 4U rackmount patch panel. There are 100 patch points corresponding to various I/O pins and potentiometer terminals.

The SK-1 and SK-5 each have MIDI input via SKM kits.

SK-1, SK-5

Rackmount Patch Panel

]]> http://glitchdesk.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=38 0 Roland TR-505 Replacement Back Panel http://glitchdesk.com/blog/?p=37 http://glitchdesk.com/blog/?p=37#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:26:03 +0000 Glitchdesk.com http://glitchdesk.com/blog/?p=37 The design for the TR-505 back panel has been posted. The design may be modified & ordered using free software from Front Panel Express.

Details on the modified TR-505 product page.

TR-505 Back Panel

]]> http://glitchdesk.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=37 0 MIDI Device Auctions http://glitchdesk.com/blog/?p=35 http://glitchdesk.com/blog/?p=35#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:05:08 +0000 Glitchdesk.com http://glitchdesk.com/blog/?p=35 A few MIDI devices have been posted at eBay:

  • Yamaha VSS-30 with installed UMR kit
  • Casio RAP-1 “Rapman” with installed UMR kit
  • Speak & Spell with installed MIDISpeak kit

Yamaha VSS-30 with MIDI

Casio Rapman with MIDI

MIDI Speak & Spell

]]> http://glitchdesk.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=35 0 Observation of the Cat State http://glitchdesk.com/blog/?p=29 http://glitchdesk.com/blog/?p=29#comments Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:32:27 +0000 Glitchdesk.com http://glitchdesk.com/blog/?p=29 Joel Corelitz of underscore music used a Glitchdesk Bend Workstation and bent TR-707 when creating the soundtrack for eatdrink‘s promo video, Observation of the Cat State.

Observation of the Cat State

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