DIY Mad genius builds robotic arm to control synth with Nintendo Power Glove Gareth Branwyn

DIY A hot dog is neither a sandwich, nor a taco — it is a synthesizer Thom Dunn

makers Cool-looking DIY synth Mark Frauenfelder

synthesizers The low-cost Behringer TD-3 synthesizer looks like a lot of fun Mark Frauenfelder

music Man hacks his prosthetic arm to control music synthesizer with his thoughts David Pescovitz

synthesizers Meet the Harmonicade, a multi-channel MIDI keyboard that uses arcade push-buttons in a Wicki-Hayden button layout Gareth Branwyn

music New biography of electronic music pioneer Wendy Carlos David Pescovitz

synthesizers Touring the inner workings of the Mellotron on King Crimson's anniversary Gareth Branwyn

elon musk This ambient mix of a new sci-fi-themed Rentals song is a sonic trip to outer space Thom Dunn

synthesizers Turning a Sega MegaDrive into a cool, retro synthesizer Gareth Branwyn

music Groovy synth Star Wars soundtrack from Japan (1978) David Pescovitz

Gadgets Sequencing "Sweet Child O' Mine" on a phone Rob Beschizza

makers Cool casemod of a Korg Minilogue synth Mark Frauenfelder

makers Stylophone business card David Pescovitz

happy mutants TV-B-Gone inventor Mitch Altman's rad new $30 DIY Music Synthesizer! David Pescovitz

music THE BUREAU: Part Three, "Assessing Others" — with a Metasonix D-2000 Vacuum Tube Drum Machine Ethan Persoff

music New anthology of Michele Mercure's 80s synth music from the cassette underground David Pescovitz

music Moog's new flagship polyphonic synthesizer David Pescovitz

music Rebirth of the Keytar! David Pescovitz

synthesizers Gorgeous tiny synthesizers in wooden boxes Clive Thompson