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Here's an in-depth look at Farfisa's most advanced Combo Organ/Accordion ever built, the Farfisa Super Synthaccordion.… Read More The Farfisa Super Synthaccordion Is A Rare, ‘Crazy Beast’

https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2024/04/14/the-farfisa-super-synthaccordion-is-a-rare-crazy-beast/

Edinburgh based start-up Playable Technology has introduced BeatBlocks, an iOS app that lets you use LEGO bricks to make beats.… Read More New App, BeatBlocks, Lets You Make Beats With LEGO Br...

https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2023/03/25/new-app-beatblocks-lets-you-make-beats-with-lego-bricks/

He's not debating whether or not they're toys, he's too busy discovering their secret horrors.… Read More Hainbach Spent 1700€ On The Teenage Engineering Choir Dolls, Then Discovered Their Se...

https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2022/11/21/hainbach-spent-1700e-on-the-teenage-engineering-choir-dolls-then-discovered-their-secret-horrors/

Teenage Engineering has introduced the teenage engineering choir, a collection of eight 'singing' wooden dolls, each with a characteristic vocal range, that can be played via MIDI over BLE.… Re...

https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2022/11/10/the-teenage-engineering-choir-wtf-or-take-my-money-you-make-the-call/

The Commodordion is a DIY 8-bit accordion, based on the Commodore 64, with bellows made out of floppy disks.… Read More The Commodordion Is The 8-Bit Commodore 64 Accordion That It Took 40 Year...

https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2022/10/23/the-commodordion-is-the-8-bit-commodore-64-accordion-that-it-took-40-years-for-somebody-to-invent/

The performance keeps the original vocals, but everything else is played live on 11 synths, electric drums and congas. Also, WTF is their beef with the drummer? … Read More High School Kids Cov...

https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2022/10/16/high-school-kids-cover-thriller-on-11-synthesizers-but-you-wont-believe-what-they-do-to-the-drummer/

Ei Wada shared this jam on the vintage electric fan in the local bathhouse on a winter morning.… Read More Dude Shreds On An Electric Fan In The Bathhouse

https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2022/04/03/dude-shreds-on-an-electric-fan-in-the-bathhouse/

Here's a look at the Suzuki Portachord, a rare electronic instrument that was the precursor to the more common Omnichord.… Read More Hands On With The Suzuki Portachord, The Precursor To The Om...

https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2022/03/10/hands-on-with-the-suzuki-portachord-the-precursor-to-the-omnichord/

"Built to please the 90's dancing Santa toy gods", The Santasizer puts a choir of dancing Santas under MIDI control.… Read More Behold The Santasizer, The MIDI-Controlled Dancing Santa Choir

https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2021/12/21/behold-the-santasizer-the-midi-controlled-dancing-santa-choir/

The Synth Cycle features a compact modular....… Read More Synth Cycle Lets You Take Your Modular For A Ride

https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2021/07/11/synth-cycle-lets-you-take-your-modular-for-a-ride/

Take a look inside the Suzuki Andes 25F, a bizarre pan pipe keyboard.… Read More Inside The Bizarre Suzuki Andes 25F Pan Pipe Keyboard

https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2021/06/15/inside-the-bizarre-suzuki-andes-25f-pan-pipe-keyboard/

DJ Dom Whiting does an extended drum and bass DJ set from his bike, in London, on 4/20.… Read More DJ Bike Drum & Bass Live Set

https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2021/05/10/dj-bike-drum-bass-live-set/

It's been a long time since we shared a 'Caption This' photo....but it was worth the wait!… Read More Caption This! The Chewbacca With A Prophet Synthesizer Edition

https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2021/05/04/caption-this-the-chewbacca-with-a-prophet-synthesizer-edition/

Luftrum Sound Design has announced The Sound Art Paradox, a unique NFT (Non-Fungible Token) being made available via an auction.… Read More Sound Art Paradox May Or May Not Be An Elaborate Pran...

https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2021/04/01/sound-art-paradox-may-or-may-not-be-an-elaborate-prank/

Unlike other 'Switched On' style synth arrangements of classical music, frodello's take on the Turkish March is recorded live, using an exercise bike as a MIDI controller.… Read More This Is Wh...

https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2021/01/04/this-is-what-mozarts-turkish-march-would-have-sounded-like-if-mozart-had-a-bicycled-controlled-modular-synthesizer-and-was-really-into-swans/