James Connolly

DIY video synthesizer stills, 2010-2013

Prior to creating RGB.VGA.VOLT, I experimented with VGA signal hacking and housed my first DIY video synthesizer inside of an old RadioShack TRS80. Imagery from this device was covered by But Does It Float, and eventually led to Apple licensing an image to represent electronic music in their failed iTunes Radio platform.

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Image showing iTunes Radio from the early 2010s with an image from the DIY VGA Synthesizer used to represent electronic music.