Homebrew synthesiser madness

Homebrew synthesiser madness

28 August, 2008 | 5.52PM

• Section: Videos Topics: Technology
• Written by: The Last Real DJ Alive

Remember when you were four, and you used to open your mouth and make that hideously annoying noise, gradually slowing it down until your voice box was clicking like a giga counter?

Well then check out this video of a guy who, after an 11-day stint with STEIM [Amsterdam’s research center for electronic performance arts tools], created this homebrew synth that sounds like a cyborg baby trying to gurgle its first words.

If you like Star Wars, Blade Runner, Short Circuit or even Quantum Leap, this will be right up your alley.

According to the guy who made it, on his YouTube page:

during my 11 days at STEIM i did a working prototype of the second incarnation of the “speakingObject” (no better title still).

it’s basically a vocal synthesizer controlled by two buttons and a three axis accelerometer.

it works without a computer.

the two wires are just power and sound out.

the finished object will work on batteries and include an amp plus speaker so there will be no wires at all.

It’s amazing how someone capable of building something so futuristic can’t remember to start a new sentence with a capital letter.

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