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An injury left Olafur Arnalds unable to play, so he turned to machines
Following nerve damage, Icelandic composer/producer/musician was unable to play the piano. With his ‘Ghost Pianos’, he gets that ability back, through intelligent custom software and mechanical pianos.
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dadamachines is an open toolkit for making robotic musical instruments
There was a time when using controllers to play music was still novel. Building them was a technically complicated task, limited to a handful of individuals – most of whom had to keep solving the same basic problem of how to get started over and over again. Now, we know, that’s no longer the case. […]
Tested: Chromaphone 2 has kinder, gentler acoustic modeling
If it feels at times like everything has been done in sound synthesis, every new sound uncovered, then look to physical modeling for a way forward. This collection of techniques simulates the way sound is produced by acoustic objects. Applied Acoustics Systems (AAS) of Montreal has been one of the leaders in that field – […]
Peter Kirn - April 10, 2016
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Watch Una Corda, a software piano with a difference
Peter Kirn - February 5, 2016
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Perfect, Beautiful Music for Free From Erased Tapes [2014 in Review]
Peter Kirn - January 6, 2015
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