Windows Sound Effects Can Do More Than Piss You Off

February 20, 2008

Apparently, they can also make music. Sweet, sweet music. Check out this video. All the notes in the song are sound effects from Microsoft Windows 98 and XP. It’s actually pretty cool. Be warned, though, if you are one of those people that switched over to Linux because you couldn’t stand hearing those Windows error […]

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iBand Shows Us the Future of Music, is Grim

February 20, 2008

What do you get when you take a pair of iPhones and a Nintendo DS? Most people would say, “two phones and a video game system,” or, “three mobile devices.” But no, these three crazies decided that the best use for these gadgets is instrumental. So they formed a band. The iBand. This is a […]

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Laser Harp Is A Harp Of Lasers

February 14, 2008

UPDATE: 2 videos added after the jump.

Stephen Hobley managed to use synthesizer software to interact with some lasers to make what he calls the laser harp. It looks like the number of notes is probably limited.
The harp is connected to the impOSCar VSTi software synthesizer, the TAOS sensor array sits on the floor in it’s […]

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Kaossilator Makes Noises, Lets you Touch it

January 31, 2008

The Kaossilator Touchpad Synthesizer is a touch-based music synthesizer now available over at thinkgeek. The Kaossilator allows you to move your finger left-to-right to change the pitch of the note, and up and down to change the sound that is being made. It also doubles as a drum-synthesizer for creation of some psychedelic […]

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