February 12, 2018

We've seen a number of frankly odd creations from serial synth scientist Sam Battle of Look Mum No Computer over the years, including a bike/analog synth hybrid and a Jacob's Ladder drum machine. His latest build has been a labor of love for about 7 years, and turns a bunch of cute and cuddly robot toys from the late 1990s into the stuff of horror movie nightmares.

• Digital music
• DIY
• Hack
• Synthesizer
• Toys

• Russian artist creates macabre vampire synthesizer
• Looking for an earthy tone? ERD packs real dirt into distortion module
• Minimoog Model D goes into pop-up production
• Wooden toy piano given polyphonic synth overhaul
• Machine transforms cable twists and turns into atmospheric sounds
• Synth hack gives exercise bike its own beat

Blackmagic design has launched what it's calling the world's most affordable and flexible pro-level UHD broadcast camera. Suited to both studio and field work, the URSA Broadcast comes in much cheaper than DSLR's like Nikon's flagship D5 or Canon's EOS-1D X Mark II, at under $3,500.

• 4K UHD
• Blackmagic Design
• Broadcast
• Video

• URSA Mini Super 35 digital film camera claimed as world's lightest
• Blackmagic's drone-friendly Micro Cinema Camera ups the ante for aerial video
• Blackmagic announces Pocket Cinema Camera and Production Camera 4K
• Blackmagic Design shocks with Digital Cine Camera announcement at NAB
• Blackmagic's affordable Intensity Extreme capture unit sports a Thunderbolt port
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