This is awesome: the Walkman mellotron!

[Steve E.]

My friend Maegan just sent me a link to a guy who build a tiny Mellotron-like keyboard using Walkmans to make the sounds.

http://mysterycircuits.com/melloman/melloman.html

Here's some of his other projects:

http://mysterycircuits.com/projects.html

[doug]

That's pretty cool. The tapes must be endless loop cassettes? I recognize one of the Mystery Circuits from

www.musicfromouterspace.com.

The Soundlab Minisynth.

[motorino]

your work its MAGNIFIC!!
COOL!!!

i enjoy when look (and listen) your hands work, and..
mistery circuits!! other sound good work!! i look the page

congratulations for all!


a stranger page from a crazy russian, use tapes for other things
http://www.crazyrussian.com/dj_artem

[motorino]

http://www.musicfromouterspace.com./analogsynth/VCO200503REV01/VCO200503REV01.html
WOOOW!!!!
its a luxe!

[hirpear]

Mike Walters is great!

ive slept on his floor before on tour...
ive actually never seen a photo of this!

amazing... i am floored- his skills are tops
and appearently keep getting better !!


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[buckettovsissors]

yea i know mike from a long time ago before his modification adventures.
I dont think the cassettes are endless if im not mistaken he comments that after a while you have to flip them or rewind them, none the less a great machine.

[JayDC]

nothing a couple pieces of tape and a xacto couldn't fix (finally something I can use all the analog tape editing knowledge i have). This is a great machine. Does he have plans available? I'd like to build one of these for my studio..

[VRCM]

Walkmans also make cool distortion for guitars. Just take the wires going to the head and put on a 1/4 jack. Use the head phone jack as an out put.