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Minimoog’s missing link: how an icon was born in summer of 1970
How did the Minimoog take shape – and set the course of synthesizer and musical instrument history? Among many revelations in JoE Silva’s The Minimoog Book for BJOOKS, we learn how the synth’s early prototypes evolved into the instrument we know today. Read the excerpt here.
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Alternative histories, realized: someone built a working 80s Apple prototype
Kevin Noki has realized a ground-breaking, long-lost prototype created by industrial designer Hartmut Esslinger for Apple in the 80s. FlatMac lives – and it works.
Peter Kirn - December 9, 2024
DIY + Unusual Gear Tech
Play around with miniature, interactive Rooms – now with Actions
Need to escape for a while? Rooms is a delightful set of miniature interactive voxel worlds that can be toys or games, all living for free in the browser (or iOS app). In version 3.0, Rooms adds interactive actions in addition to coding.
Imagining an alternate history of music instruments, quipu to skulls
Peter Kirn - November 20, 2024
DIY + Unusual Music tech Tech
Moog is back: Moog Muse is the 8-voice love child of modular and Voyager
Peter Kirn - July 31, 2024
Gear Music tech Tech
Learn to make animated Max and Max for Live UIs: jsui, Figma
Peter Kirn - July 9, 2024
DIY + Unusual Motion Music tech Software Tech Web
1978’s Oberheim OB-1 synth is getting its due; watch this short documentary
Peter Kirn - July 3, 2024
Music tech Tech
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