Someone Built a Working Synth From Cardboard and Walnut Keys

Someone Built a Working Synth From Cardboard and Walnut Keys

Most synthesizers look and feel like appliances. They’re plastic boxes mass-produced in factories, efficient and functional but utterly lacking in personality or warmth. Pianos and guitars get to be handcrafted instruments with wood grain and visible joints, while synths are treated like glorified toasters with circuit boards inside. That disconnect between electronic music and tactile…

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#Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker helped create an ‘Ideas Synth’ that works like Pinterest for Musicians

#Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker helped create an ‘Ideas Synth’ that works like Pinterest for Musicians

Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker, known for his lush psychedelic soundscapes, has stepped into the world of music tech with *Orchid*, a retro-futuristic chord machine that’s as much a creative tool as it is a design statement. Crafted in collaboration with Ignacio Germade and the team at Telepathic Instruments, this standalone device seems poised to inject…

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