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    A Gallery of Knobs and Buttons...Because They're Amazing

    Miniature Synthesizer Replicas Cast in Felt Will Rock Your Tiny Mind

    Guy Mods Atari 400 Into Ugly Knob-and-Button-Covered Synth

    Low End Theory

    Inside an $8,000, Linux-Powered Luxury Synth

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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    03/12/09

    In reply to A Gallery of Knobs and Buttons...Because They're Amazing
    Sure, it's all "OOhs and AAAAhs" until you have repair one.


    Then the gnashing of teeth starts. (Not always, but often enough.)

    I used to fabricate custom conrol panels for surveilance vehicles.

    It's actually easier when it's your own baby, but those in the know are aware...

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    Image of Brian Butz Brian Butz
    03/12/09

    In reply to A Gallery of Knobs and Buttons...Because They're Amazing
    Whatever on my other comment gettin' thrown aside. This is what the gizmo fetish is all about: knobs, sliders, and push buttons. Deep down, it's all about the signal to noise here. Respect.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    03/12/09

    @Brian Butz: "Whatever on my other comment gettin' thrown aside."


    Do you mean 'thrown aside' because no one replied to it?

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    Image of frigg frigg
    03/12/09

    In reply to A Gallery of Knobs and Buttons...Because They're Amazing
    As someone who has a studio stashed away somewhere, there's less and less buttons and knobs. People are always impressed by buttons and knobs, but most of the button and knob stuff is now routed in the computer.


    The more advanced it gets, the less impressive it looks.

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    Image of Lou Esposito Lou Esposito
    03/11/09

    In reply to A Gallery of Knobs and Buttons...Because They're Amazing
    Mixing consoles often look like they have more buttons and knobs than they really do. All the vertical strips are duplicates and do the same thing...except each one is for a different track of audio.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    03/12/09

    @Lou Esposito: You can take it one step further and say that all the knobs on that single strip basically control volume - volume at different frequencies, overall volume, volume of right channel relative to left channel, but basically, it's all about volume.
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    Image of AltheaKnukka AltheaKnukka
    03/11/09

    In reply to A Gallery of Knobs and Buttons...Because They're Amazing
    That is absolutely stunning. I have nothing else to say besides that I want to work in a recording studio now
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    Image of zenpoet zenpoet
    03/12/09

    @AltheaKnukka: Hey, could you turn the red knob for me? Not that one, that one. No, the other one. No, the other one. No, the other one. No, the other one.


    Good! Thanks. Now turn the blue one. Hey, come back!

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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    02/26/09

    In reply to Miniature Synthesizer Replicas Cast in Felt Will Rock Your Tiny Mind
    Can she make a Moog Modular?
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    01/13/09

    In reply to Guy Mods Atari 400 Into Ugly Knob-and-Button-Covered Synth
    Correction: You know how sometimes when you take a dump, you'll see kernels of corn in there? Even if you haven't eaten corn in a week?


    This is a kernel of corn from Optimus Prime's shit. After a hard night of drinking Miller Draft and Jager shots.

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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    01/13/09

    In reply to Guy Mods Atari 400 Into Ugly Knob-and-Button-Covered Synth
    It's like C-3PO wiped his ass with a Coleco.
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    Image of Jude Bloom Jude Bloom
    01/13/09

    In reply to Guy Mods Atari 400 Into Ugly Knob-and-Button-Covered Synth
    Waddya mean the keys aren't lined up correctly? I count C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G#, A, A#, B. Er... that's how a piano/synth/harpsichord/ever piano-based instrument for the last ~ 400 years is laid out.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    01/13/09

    @Jude Bloom: If you notice the row of buttons on the bottom, it slopes upwards going to the right.
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    Image of webwbr webwbr
    01/13/09

    In reply to Guy Mods Atari 400 Into Ugly Knob-and-Button-Covered Synth
    Ah Atari. I remember my Atari 800 XL well. I loved typing the programs out of BYTE magazine for hours -- then they never worked...


    10 Type 'hello'

    20 repeat

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    Image of qbrad qbrad
    01/13/09

    @webwbr: Nor did the ones on the back of Electric Company magazine!
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    01/13/09

    In reply to Guy Mods Atari 400 Into Ugly Knob-and-Button-Covered Synth
    So it's a talent-less hack.


    Nothing we haven't seen before..

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    Image of awemaker awemaker
    01/13/09

    In reply to Guy Mods Atari 400 Into Ugly Knob-and-Button-Covered Synth
    The buttons represent the keys on a MUSIC keyboard, duh. You know, the black & white keys?


    Of course they aren't lined up.

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    Image of Jason Chen Jason Chen
    01/13/09

    @awemaker: I meant horizontally. It's off, sloping up to the right.
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    Image of qbrad qbrad
    01/13/09

    @Jason Chen: Hey, just like my... nevermind.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    01/13/09

    @qbrad: Ha!
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    Image of djfoxx64 djfoxx64
    01/13/09

    In reply to Guy Mods Atari 400 Into Ugly Knob-and-Button-Covered Synth
    Fuck THAT noise, that thing is awesome!
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    Image of d_r_e d_r_e
    01/13/09

    @djfoxx64:


    AGREED.

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