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The Atari 400 goes analog synth - Boing Boing Gadgets
gadgets.boingboing.net - 1/13/2009
The Atari 400 goes analog synth - Boing Boing Gadgets
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atari_400_synth_fridgebuzz.jpg A fantastic analog synthesizer stuffed in the body of an old Atari 400 console. Technabob explains how it works: The Atari Synth is a polyphonic 12-oscillator, 3 modulator square wave synthesizer that’s controlled by arcade-style pushbuttons and potentiometers. ...

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Gizmodo:  Guy Mods Atari 400 Into Ugly Knob-and-Button-Covered Synth [Mods]

Boing Boing:  Atari 400 converted into music synth

3600 Controller
benheck.com - 1/9/2009
3600 Controller
— benheck.com — OK so yesterday I had my Facebook status as saying I was “being frustrated by potentiometers” - a rather normal day for me, really. For whatever reason this prompted one of my friends to suggest I build an Xbox 360 controller inside of an ... (more) 3600 Controller

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Atari’s 1984 Touch Tablet: A Retro-Unboxing
technologizer.com - 1/20/2009
Atari’s 1984 Touch Tablet: A Retro-Unboxing
— technologizer.com — The next time you use your shiny new Wacom tablet and Adobe Photoshop CS4, think back to a time before time–a time before blends, morphs, heal brushes, and 10-megapixel images. A time like 1984, which, for computer graphics, was darker than the ... (more) Atari’s 1984 Touch Tablet: A Retro-Unboxing

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fridgebuzzz atari 400 synth has buttons, knobs galore
technabob.com - 1/13/2009
fridgebuzzz atari 400 synth has buttons, knobs galore
— technabob.com — This wild looking analog synthesizer gets its body from a classic Atari 400 computer - but none of its brains. Created by Paul Rothman’s Fridgebuzzz Electronics (yes, that’s supposed to have 3 “z’s”), the simply ... (more) fridgebuzzz atari 400 synth has buttons, knobs galore

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Guy Mods Atari 400 Into Ugly Knob-and-Button-Covered Synth [Mods]
Gizmodo — This Atari 400 synth gets 10 points for effort, but minus 1 billion points for aesthetics. The buttons aren't even lined up correctly correctly. Your 1970s dad would be ashamed. [Technabob via BBG] ...

Atari 400 converted into music synth
Boing Boing — ... Over at Boing Boing Gadgets, Brownlee has the details on this Atari 400 stuffed with a DIY analog music synthesizer. I like how none of the knobs are labeled. "Atari 400 goes analog synth" ...

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