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Denki Groove: The iPhone/iPod Touch Band

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

A Japanese band called Denki Groove has used some musical instrument apps on jailbroken phones & ipods to do a fantastic version of the song “Smoky Bubbles”. The instruments include virtual guitar (with strumming!), bass, keyword and drums. Video Included.

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Weird intrument: The pocket Trumpet

Monday, September 8th, 2008

Worried you might be called on to do a jazz show when you’re out fishing? These crazy instruments are miniature trumpets made for portability. They play just like real trumpets and can cost as much as $1500.

There are a couple of companies that make good quality pocket trumpets for around the $500-$600 mark if you want something that actually works & sounds good. A company called Jupiter makes the 416BL (made in Taiwan) that sounds…

Hacking a Furby into a musical Instrument: The “Furby Gurdy”

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Someone has created a mutant hurdy gurdy out of 4 Furby toys (as if a hurdy gurdy isn’t mutant enough already). It’s got all sorts of glitching controls, sequencing and the ability to control external synthesizers. Includes video.

1. Mute 2. Loop Hold (repeats a short loop of audio) 3. Loop momentary (repeats a loop once) 4. Switch the sequence between the screws and gaps between the screws 5. Crash - makes the Furby go crazy 6. Reset