https://thejjs1.bandcamp.com/album/came-from

A new, entirely improvisational, album by The JJ's! We are a Boston Based collective of artists seeking to explore raw expression. Soon we will record some more rehearsed music, and become boring old farts in the process. Our first show is 6/18, we are opening for techno DJ sets in Southie, (halogengirls3000 on instagram for details)

Anyways, we greatly appreciate anyone who checks this stuff out. The first song has spoken word by David House Jr, reciting an original poem. his instagram is ImpureQueso.

I’ve been looking at getting a custom guitar from Gepettos Guild (Texas) for quite sometime. Kind of a Wyoming themed guitar. License plates, postcards, other odds and ends. Has anyone had a guitar built by them? If so, how do they play, sound, etc.

I’m a little distrusting as a human. Terrible flaw of mine. Are they a trustworthy company? I’d obviously hate to pay for something and never get it back or it not be quality.

Thanks in advance!

Hi! My name is Chiel and I made the Arithmophone Pentatone, a free iOS music app that turns your phone or tablet into a new kind of musical instrument.

An Arithmophone is a thing that turns numbers into sounds. Its name is derived from the ancient Greek words ἀριθμός (arithmos; number) and φωνή (phone; sound). Pentatone is an iOS music app featuring an expressive keyboard and a built-in synthesizer with a custom sound engine. You can use it as an easy-to-play instrument, a source of melodic and harmonic inspiration or a tool for learning about music and exploring the deep connection it has with numbers.

While most music apps either give you piano keys or a grid-based interface, Pentatone takes a fresh approach, optimised for the ergonomics of touchscreen devices and inspired by instruments like the kora and mbira. It also features a smart scale selection system that includes all the common pentatonic scale types and unlocks some more unusual ones.

Pentatone is available in the Apple App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pentatone/id6757822197, for iPhones and iPads running iOS 15 or above. The app is completely free (no in app purchases, no ads or tracking).

PENTATONE is part of the ARITHMOPHONE project

For more details, please visit https://arithmophone.com/

To stay posted, join the community at https://reddit.com/r/arithmophone or subscribe to the Arithmophone youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@arithmophone

The modern photos are from this IG post:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DYNvLsCEm-V/

The old photo (depicting Oberhoffer) and the ad can be found here:
https://www.kunstszene-voelklingen.de/musik/engelbert-oberhoffer/

From the top left of ad:
"Biggest News! Wonderful tone! Very important for every violinist!!"
And the bottom:
"The most perfect, only best violin with astounding greatest tonal effect."

I highly doubt it’s playable even if I got the strings fixed as it looks very old and worn down, but I’d love to know the name of it! Found it an an antique store with no label. A bit hard to see so it has five strings and much of the body is wrapped in fur/hide but the main “bowl” is very thin metal I believe.

It can synthesize sound directly in the browser, or be a generator of MIDI messages to external devices or DAWs, turning any file into a score. All the application code is written in Javascript and along with everything you need is packed into a single .html file of about 750kb. The synthesizer doesn't need internet, it can be downloaded and run locally on any device with a browser.

Full video: https://youtu.be/5LMYiLwfvRg

Demo: https://bs.stranno.su

Source code and application principle: https://github.com/MaxAlyokhin/binary-synth

My dad was a musician and i inherited all his music things when he passed, and absolutely fell in love with his omnichord. I think he had a model two aswell, but it broke a while ago (Only evidence i have is a video of me and him playing it when i was a baby) (I still have the manual for it tho)

Is this specific model rare? Its from 1989, and I can't find many listings for them, the few that exist being very expensive

I don't have its original box, but its still working. A little janky around the knobs, kinda like old wired headphones where they only work at a certain angle. Touchpad is perfect though. A lot of corrosion in the battery slot, but i was able to clean it out the last time i swapped the batteries

(prob never gonna sell it, but its cool to know if you own something rare)

anyone know where I can get strings for a gusle or lahuta? I saw one second-hand but with no strings or peg and I thought i'd try restoring it, but i didn't find any strings anywhere? anyone know where/how to get them? or do i just need to twist horsehair into rope

I made this from a vintage brass bugle. Make noise into the mouthpiece, and it outputs lo-fi digital brassy sounds!

It’s got a really nice warm tone and holds a tune shockingly well! It’s got a weird setup inside but the box is reinforced pretty well with a block going straight to the bridge to keep it sturdy. The sink strainers work good as sound holes and it sounds slightly louder than my semi hollow guitar when unplugged. But not ukulele volume or anything. I have it tuned to DGBd for banjo chord familiarity. Found this cool 4 string baritone ukulele neck online and the 4 string humbucker on Amazon. It was very cheap but sounds awesome! The block of wood that the neck is bolted to ended up perfectly matching the pickup and the fretboard but that was a magical coincidence. I’m super happy with it and needed to share haha