Mark Zampella is a musician, recording engineer, graphic designer, pedal builder, and filmmaker
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flower power synth
The Flower Power Synth is a handmade Stepped Tone Generator in a tea tin. The Stepped Tone Generator entered popular lore in the 1980s and was rediscovered in the aughts when it was dubbed the Atari Punk Console. Whatever you call it, it’s a wacky piece of circuitry that can be used with great precision after a bit of practice.
Capable of wild swings in pitch, from growling lows to imperceptibly high highs, the Flower Power Synth is ready to wreak lo-fi havoc on your tracks. And with the 2 CV inputs on the back, you can use an external hardware sequencer (such as a Korg SQ-1) to play wildly impossible grooves and melodies.