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Radio Shack’s TRS-80 now has polyphonic MIDI and a tracker
The Tandy Corporation-manufactured, Radio Shack-sold TRS-80 computer debuted in 1977. But now you can now add full polyphonic MIDI support thanks to George Philipps and Michael Wessel. And it’s already transformed into a serious live instrument and production tool. Assembly cost: about $35. The TRS-80: a tool for the 2020s.
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Harvestworks, NYC arts center founded in 1977, threatened by US funding cuts
Harvestworks, the storied arts center in NYC that has been a hub for electronic music and media since its 1977 founding, is making an urgent appeal. Cuts by the Trump administration’s National Endowment for the Arts threaten the space.
Peter Kirn - May 7, 2025
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Ther’minator by Eric Singer transforms LIDAR to modular, CV
Eric Singer is back. The interactive artist and inventor helped the idea of robotics and alternative interfaces break out to wider audiences over the past decades – and now he’s gearing up to put LIDAR in your modular rig or other devices with analog CV inputs.
Peter Kirn - April 4, 2025
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Maxess, free externals for Max and Max for Live accessibility, available now
Peter Kirn - March 13, 2025
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Nitecaller has made a gorgeous analog reimagining of ARP 2600, Odyssey
Peter Kirn - March 11, 2025
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303 Day: the freaky CDM Megaroundup
Peter Kirn - March 3, 2025
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In flickering feedback, an audiovisual synth hums and sings
Peter Kirn - February 27, 2025
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Sonification Tools for Ableton Live now has a synth that plays data
Peter Kirn - February 13, 2025
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bop: free, fast, friendly, fun music stuff for Pd, old CPUs and RasPi
Peter Kirn - February 5, 2025
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