DIY + Unusual Music tech Tech
Flexur and Chill, with this Trautonium-inspired DIY synthesizer
I missed this when it dropped earlier this month — Synthtopia was there! But now is a perfect time to chill out to the smoothly gliding sounds of this original Trautonium-inspired synthesizer design in progress. Flexur can cool down an overheated Europe.
Read more
Casio’s expressive guitar strap controller was inspired by a chopstick case
Surprise! Casio has something unexpected — Dimension Shifter, a spring-powered expressive wireless controller that attaches to your guitar strap. And it was the invention of one employee, inspired by his kid’s school-lunch retracting chopstick and cutlery case.
Peter Kirn - January 23, 2026
DIY + Unusual Gear Music tech Stories Tech
Marvel at the gorgeous Nopia harmony instrument, now at MK1
It’s some serious experimental gear pr0n, if you’re in the mood. It’s mysterious. It’s the creation of Buenos Aires-based Martin Grieco, Rocío Gal, and team. And it seems it’s getting closer to reality, as glimpsed in a new site and teaser. It’s the Nopia, and creators hope it will help you unlock harmony. This video […]
Peter Kirn - December 16, 2025
Gear Music tech Tech
The making of Sequential’s all-analog, polyphonic, expressive Fourm
Peter Kirn - September 23, 2025
Gear Music tech Stories Tech
Ther’minator by Eric Singer transforms LIDAR to modular, CV
Peter Kirn - April 4, 2025
DIY + Unusual Gear Modular-Analog Motion Music tech Tech
Sequencing with light on an alien-looking instrument by Kacper Ziemianin
Peter Kirn - January 10, 2025
DIY + Unusual Gear Music tech Tech
Alternative histories, realized: someone built a working 80s Apple prototype
Peter Kirn - December 9, 2024
DIY + Unusual Gear Tech
