RESYNATOR is a film and synth resurrection project started by

Alison Tavel in 2014.

The resurrected synthesizer known as the RESYNATOR, was invented by her late father Don Tavel in the ‘70s, which Alison dug up from her grandmother’s attic 25 years after his passing, and has been on a mission to share it with the world ever since.

RESYNATOR the film had its WORLD PREMIERE

at SXSW on March 10th, 2024 and won the Documentary

Feature Audience Award.

It’s been another pretty wild year. After seven years of filming, I’m finally very close to my first rough cut of the feature which is fun (and overwhelming and stressful and exciting). And we’ve also been working on a couple new co
Just posted a series of stories about the making of these three all-Resynator Tom Petty covers. This process really helped me better understand the Resynator and it’s also a fun way to showcase what it can do! So much time and energy went into
Happy Birthday to my dad, the late Don Tavel. 1952-1988 ♥️
Ready for your new song of the summer? Somewhere Under Heaven is OUT NOW featuring Ruby Amanfu. This is the third and final all-Resynator Tom Petty cover and I wanted to go out with a bang. I love Ruby so much. Her voice just soars through this song
One week from tomorrow my 3rd and final Tom Petty all-Resynator cover comes out featuring @rubyamanfu !! Somewhere Under Heaven was part of the Wildflowers era songs that were left off of the original album in 1994, but then in 2015 Tom announced tho
Only A Broken Heart - OUT NOW! There are so many delicate intricacies to this seemingly simple song, the Resynator in my opinion really shines here. And to have Matt Berninger and Ronboy sing a duet on this means more to me than I can put into words.
One week from tomorrow! I’m so excited to announce that these beautiful souls are going to appear on my upcoming songs! Matt Berninger from the National (a Cincinnati native like myself), & Ronboy are featured on my 2nd Tom Petty all-Resyna
Switched-On Bach was an inspirational album to my dad and countless others. Wendy Carlos’ Bach interpretations helped people better understand the Moog (and synths in general), and so my hope is that the covers I am doing help people better und
It’s 2021 which means this project has been going on for 7 years. I made a story highlight called 101 that sums up what this project is and how it’s been going. I’m excited to share a couple exciting things that I’ve been work
I’ve got two more Tom Petty “Resynated” covers coming to you next year! Any guesses on what they are (based off of these clips)? Hint: like Honey Bee, they are also from Wildflowers & All The Rest 🌻 Hope everyone has a safe an
Honey Bee has been out for a few weeks now and I’m so happy everyone seems to enjoy it as much as I do. It was meant to pay tribute to the life and work of both Tom Petty & my dad. Making these covers has been a great way for me to better
I wanted to take a minute to thank some of the key people who worked on this track with me: @mattmusty & @duganchris & @graciepotter (and @nerdentine & @djsoffrock too!) 💫 I really lucked out. Hope everyone has enjoyed the song. Stay s
It’s out! Stream it anywhere, some links in my profile. This idea came about when I was working on the new Wildflowers release, going through the archive and hearing interviews with Tom Petty & Rick Rubin talk about how there were no synths
Honey Bee (ft. Grace Potter) comes out tomorrow! This all-synth cover of Tom Petty’s song required a vocalist who could pull off his lyrics in the right way, and handle the electricity that the Resynator brought to the song. When I got the song