I've made a brand new video that's all about my latest thrift store acquisition: a Charango from South America. As usual, I don't want to give away too much information here, because I think it wil...
2025-10-11 16:39:58 +0000 UTC View Post
A charango is a small, high-pitched South American stringed instrument traditionally made with an armadillo shell body, featuring five pairs of strings and commonly used in Andean folk music. I had...
2025-10-11 03:38:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the video that I've been working on for the last two weeks. It ties in with the sa...
2025-09-12 22:05:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is a brand new sample library which features the (surprisingly) cinematic sound of a homemade guitar I found on the street. A video about this guitar will be posted tomorrow morning. I don't w...
2025-09-12 20:08:06 +0000 UTC View Post
For the past few weeks, I've been playing with a beautiful and unique synthesizer called the Chromaplane. You can see a video about my experiences 2025-08-18 20:32:20 +0000 UTC View Post
In my latest video, I check out the Chromaplane, a beautiful and unique instrument by 2025-08-16 11:17:14 +0000 UTC View Post
As promised, here is my latest video – it's all about the new version of the Novation Bass Station II. I had lots of fun making this one!
– Dave
2025-07-20 16:10:52 +0000 UTC View Post
A few months ago, I went to the annual Superbooth synthesizer festival in Berlin. One of the things I saw there was a beautiful new version of the Novation 2025-07-17 14:20:47 +0000 UTC View Post
In May 2025, I had the pleasure of going to Berlin to attend the annual Superbooth synthesizer festival. This time, I decided to tack on an extra day to my trip, and I'm awfully glad I did, because...
2025-06-12 20:51:45 +0000 UTC View Post
In April 2025, I had the good fortune to be sent Polyend's new effects pedal: MESS. It's an extremely flexible multi-effects ped...
2025-05-29 21:06:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Two weeks ago, I had the pleasure of traveling to Berlin to attend the annual Superbooth synthesizer festival. And about two weeks before that, I purchased an OP-1 on eBaY. If you don’t know what...
2025-05-23 22:32:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi all!
My latest video is all about making music on the Nintendo Gameboy, the Nintendo DS, as well as the Xiphonics Pico Tracker. I cover so much in the video that I felt like it only made s...
2025-04-25 23:29:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Last spring, as I was walking through the flea market in Philadelphia, I stumbled on a vendor who had dozens of wooden flutes for sale. At the time, I didn't find it all that exciting. In fact, sin...
2025-04-25 21:42:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Last week, I got to borrow a Casio DG-20 from Max Goldberg, so I made a video...and a sample li...
2025-04-03 14:13:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi all,
A few folks have reached out and asked for Bandcamp download codes for my last record. I'm pasting a bunch in the comments below this post. You can redeem them 2025-03-19 13:29:25 +0000 UTC View Post
My latest video is finally done! In this installment, I explore an often overlooked gem from Casio's past: the MT-70 sine wave synthesizer. And yes, there's also a2025-03-12 02:23:56 +0000 UTC View Post
The Casio MT-70 is an electronic keyboard from 1984. What makes it unique is that, unlike most other Casio keyboards, its sounds are generated by adding together sine waves, an approach that is oft...
2025-03-12 02:10:28 +0000 UTC View Post
I recently got to take a trip to Milkboy Studios in Philadelphia, where I sampled this very cool piece of American synth history: a Baldwin Interlude (aka Fun Machine) electronic organ.
Down...
2025-02-27 16:23:08 +0000 UTC View Post
This is my latest video. :)
Here is the song from the video: https://manwomanchild.bandcamp.com/t...
2025-02-05 04:02:15 +0000 UTC View Post
I made a new album! As you all know, every few weeks I publish a Youtube video about a different musical instrument. Each video contains at least one new piece of original music, and yet, because o...
2025-01-28 17:13:02 +0000 UTC View Post
A couple of months ago, my wife got me this beautiful tongue drum as a gift, and it's been a fixture in my studio ever since. It has a very pleasant, meditative sound. The instrument consists of a ...
2025-01-25 00:10:25 +0000 UTC View Post
I recently got my hands on a pretty neat vintage item: the Panasonic Do-Re-Mi. It’s essentially a little analog synth / organ with a built in record player. Panasonic also sold a...
2025-01-11 14:08:09 +0000 UTC View Post
About a year ago, I found this old bicycle wheel in the trash, and, being the person that I am, I saved it. Well, in my last vi...
2024-12-20 17:07:00 +0000 UTC View Post
I made a video about contact mics! This one was lots of fun.
2024-12-07 12:48:19 +0000 UTC View Post
I recently took a trip to one of my favorite thrift stores in Philadelphia. Amidst the old kitchen appliances, VHS cassettes, and assorted cultural detritus, I stumbled on this charming antique toy...
2024-11-27 22:12:23 +0000 UTC View Post
A while back, I made a video about some electro-mechanical experiments I had been doing. Specifically, I took an electric m...
2024-10-31 14:25:54 +0000 UTC View Post
A while back, I made a video about some electro-mechanical experiments I had been doing. Specifically, I took an electric m...
2024-10-28 02:07:37 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a video I've been working on for the last 7 days. I'm going to be officially releasing it on Saturday. It's about a guitar that I bought in Lambertville, NJ. I made a free sample library o...
2024-10-16 13:23:32 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm releasing this video tomorrow!
2024-09-27 22:35:07 +0000 UTC View Post
I recently had the pleasure of visiting the Swiss Museum of Electronic Musical Instruments, which boasts the largest collection of...
2024-09-17 19:33:47 +0000 UTC View Post