Bre Pettis and Eric Beug create a mellotron-like instrument out of walkmans and then go crazy and hack a sequencer into an arduino!

The mellotron was widely used by bands like The Beatles. Check 'Strawberry Fields' for some prime mellotron work. Fun fact: Trent Reznor now owns the mellotron used in the recording. Throbbing Gristle built and played devices similar to Make's in the 70's.

• make @ blip.tv
• Mellotrons @ Wikipedia
  

previously on wtg:

• behind the beatles: strawberry fields forever
• genesis p-orridge talks about throbbing gristle
  
• getv talks to 'captured by robots'
• ibm 1401: an unintentionally musical mainframe
• moog + wiimote = theramin?
• the eloic transducer: electronic, pneumatic, acoustic instrument
  

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