WSG Amazing Photos
Ray Wilson authored this content while he was actively running MFOS as the founder and resident genius.
We retain the content because it reflects a valuable point of view representing that time and place.
Article by Ray Wilson
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And now... The Continuing Story of the WSG...
The long standing tradition of posting
user photos continues as does my attempt
at making humorous and hugely entertaining comments. Click images for a larger view.
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| When Niccolò Paganini wasn't fooling around with his regular violin, he was jamming on his customized WSG-ified violin. The builder, known only as 'A bear called Wellington', added a nice loud and noisy amplifier made with a LM386, and the VU meters (eyes) move in time with the LFOs....:-). This has to stand as one of the coolest WSG builds ever! |
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| Nothing takes the edge off of electro-shock therapy like weird sounds. Patients who listen to weird sounds while receiving electro-shock therapy report an 80% increase in effectivity. With one fell swoop Michael has advanced the science and fun of electro-shock therapy. We certainly live in amazing times. |
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| What better way to say "I love you" than a jewelery box that emits weird sounds. It can serve as an alarm system too! Dario Luzzi has made someone a little happier. |
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| Nothing delights Gordon's neighbors more than to see him marching down the street wearing his portable and patented Powder Keg Marching Band equipment. They stand on their porches and listen for hours as Gordon treats them to weird sound after weird sound... after weird sound. Sometimes even the police come and listen. |
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| You've heard of rap battles. You've seen them portrayed in the movie "Eight Mile". Well they're nothing compared to "Weird Sound" battles. For them you come prepared for actual battle. Building the weird sound generator into a surplus ammo case was truly a cagey move. |
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| What better way to say thank you for 32 years of service than a Weird Sound Generator. Joseph Bento presented this excellent WSG to a retiring colleague who no doubt will make a new career participating in "Weird Sound" battles. |
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| A WSG built into yet another cooking utensil. Did I see this on Iron Chef America?. Anyway the blue LED makes this look like something from another planet. The builder is known only as... Victor ANDREMUZOM (not his true name) from France. |
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| A very cool job contributed by Ewald Koch in a 50's style flying saucer look. Or... is it a cooking utensil useful for entertaining dining guests with weird noises while preparing gourmet dishes? Either way it is totally awesome! Check out Ewald Koch's myspace world UNIVERSALREKORDER for some cool space music. |
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| A nice job on some customization by Erich Schriefer. Cool looking panel with more serious labeling and of all things a "volume" control as if you would ever want to soften, quiet or otherwise tone down your weird sounds. Might have to call this an SSG (Serious Sound Generator). |
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| What more can I say than this is the South Park - Eric Cartman edition of the WSG. I love this and it's cool and hilarious all at once. Thank you Jason Hambridge of Australia... Brilliant! |
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| David Talento sends this picture of his WSG. Dave recommends the Radio Shack case (Catalog #: 270-1806) as a good holder for your WSG. Click to see more pics and info. |
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| Travis Trotter's WSG. For space travel we recommend a lead case to protect the ICs from stray gamma radiation. Just kiddin' Anyway travis says he found this box at Fry's. |
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| Sam Holmes made a very cool piece of art with his WSG. He also added a built in amplifier. |
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| It's best to lock your WSG when you park it and go into a store. Who knows what mischief could be perpetrated by someone on the loose with an unlocked WSG. |
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| Another view detailing construction. Very colorful and imaginative. This is as much fun to look at as it is to play. |
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| Brandon Fitzgerald sends this picture of his WSG (sans knobs). I'll bet you can play some mean weird sound blues on this one... because it's blue. Boy it loses something when you have to explain it. |
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| Is this cool or what? Ariel Viramontes built a WSG into a book for his girlfriend as an artistic piece. He has since made more for her interactive art shows. |
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| Chris from the band TRASH MONEY came up with this excellent and again very creative case. Very cool! |
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| And this WSG's mom thought it would never grow up and become responsible. Well just look at him now! Scott Godwin's Frac-rack version is now hobnobbing with actual synth modules. |
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| Jan Rüspeler sent this photo of a friend who took the WSG perhaps a little too far by trying to have it implanted into his head. As you can plainly see this was not the best of ideas for his health. On the bright side Jan was named in the will as the receiver of the WSG and here it is. Visit TARSUS |
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| Josua Gaumond Lacerte sent this picture of his band "J'ai le Cancer". He built his WSG into an old bullet box from the Canadian army. Instruments range from the very high tech "WSG" to the very low tech "sledge hammer". A Peter Gabriel influence I suspect. |
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| Heitor Alves version of the WSG is awesome. I'd buy that. He also renamed the controls to reflect their actual purpose in the real world. |
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| This UFO landed in Anthony Norton's back yard after he played a particular sequence of notes that the SETI is now investigating. Alright... it's actually his hand made modular with an onboard WSG. |
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| In a different light. Very cool! |
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| Matthew Newlove built his WSG into an old game console. Totally retro look and playable by more than one person. |
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| Brian E L Durocher recycled an old JAZ drive into a WSG. That should be worth a few carbon offsets if you ask me. |
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| Don Kim built his WSG into a wine bottle case. The look is tres chic. But that must have been one heck of an expensive bottle of wine to buy just to make a WSG case! |
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| Kipp Wieland was on a archaeological dig in South America when he made this amazing find. This not only proves that the Incas traveled through time to find weird sound generators but is solid evidence that they did do brain surgery. |
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| Another WSG that went to Harvard. Steve Drake found this orphaned WSG on a street corner. He took it in, clothed and fed it and eventually helped it become a professional synth module. |
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| Sashimi Records made this very sharp looking unit from an exacto knife case. |
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| Travis Trotter's WSG. Travis added a momentary switch to the side so he could create some percussive patterns with it. The graphics were painted by his brother T. Goodchild |
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| Chad Callas built his WSG into his favorite type of second-hand project box...the ol' AB switcher (ABCD in this case). |
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| Kristian Bauck Nordeide of Norway built this cool unit. For the nature lovers out there, here's a picture of my newly finished WSG enjoying the spring. I'm including a little tune I recorded with it. The recording is done in two takes. The dark ambience in the background on one track and the drones and "melody" on the other. The melody was made by playing with one of the Zaniness controls. |
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| Listen to Kristian Bauck Nordeide's WSG composition | |
| I was trying to remember why I was unable to pass the civil service test to become a school bus driver when it hit me. I could never pass the Body Fluid Clean Up Kit training. Peter Gumaskas found a good use for a BFCUK case. |
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| A WSG case of course. Look ma no puke! |
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| What do you get when you build a WSG and a Sound Lab Mini Synth into one case... The picture speaks for itself. Francesco Mulassano (Urbanspaceman) of noisecollective.net sent this cool pic. |
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