DIY + Unusual Tech
The beauty of wind organs, and how to make one yourself out of recycled materials
The acoustic principles are the same as wind instruments (and pipe organs). But there’s something eerily beautiful about wind organs – and they’re easy enough to make. bassling from Australia sends in this how-to from Australia, to get you started. There, of course, it’s fall, meaning this could be viewed in the “spooky Halloween” territory […]
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The dorky recorder you had in school just got a futuristic remake
The recorder’s simplicity has made it ubiquitous in music education. Digital builders want to refresh it and make it cool – and no, this isn’t an April Fools’ joke.
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.
Peter Kirn - June 10, 2019
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Tested: Chromaphone 2 has kinder, gentler acoustic modeling
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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