DIY + Unusual DJ Music tech Tech
Cassette turntablism is a thing, and you need to watch more tape DJ videos from Japan
DJing was born in hacks, DIY spirit, counterculture – in artists reinventing how machines work. So enough of DJs all using the same machines the same way. Watch what happens when your deck is a deconstructed DIY cassette machine.
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Error Instruments’ Loopman is an experimental cassette Walkman instrument
Also from the mad genius of Error Instruments – Loopman is a Walkman-style tape record player-looper, modded for speed manipulation, recording, and CV input.
Peter Kirn - August 24, 2021
DIY + Unusual Gear Music tech Tech
The Sony cassette recorder that went to space and predicted the Walkman
Sony’s Walkman turned 40 earlier this month. But look to the TC-50 before it for some of the technology and usability innovations that changed the world – and joined the Apollo mission – plus a glimpse of where music might boldly go next.
Peter Kirn - July 24, 2019
Gear Music tech Tech
Oops: April Fools’, at best, gave us stuff we actually want
Peter Kirn - April 2, 2019
DIY + Unusual Gear Music tech Tech
Numerical Audio brings us a new virtual tape machine in RE-1
Ashley Elsdon - August 27, 2018
Apps iOS
Here’s what a cassette tape rig could look like
Peter Kirn - June 2, 2017
Music Music tech
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