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Boards of Canada played in lightbulbs: restored 1959 PDP-1 performance
This is truly haunting — the sound of a vintage machine’s lightbulbs hooked up to audio inputs, proving it can be more Boards of Canada than the actual Boards of Canada. Even the sound of loading up the punch cards and flipping the switches is oddly soothing. And more rabbit holes await.
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T-Rex recreates the Binson Echorec Magnetic Disk Delay – look, it spins!
After working eight years on its development, the retro-obsessed boffins have recreated the Binson Echorec. That’s the rare mid-60s echo box beloved by Pink Floyd and The Shadows, in all its magnetic disk delay glory.
Peter Kirn - April 18, 2023
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Herb Deutsch, educator and Moog synth co-inventor, has died
Herb Deutsch, one of the leading figures in the early development of the synthesizer and a lifelong educator, died on Friday.
Peter Kirn - December 11, 2022
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