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Casio’s expressive guitar strap controller was inspired by a chopstick case
Surprise! Casio has something unexpected — Dimension Shifter, a spring-powered expressive wireless controller that attaches to your guitar strap. And it was the invention of one employee, inspired by his kid’s school-lunch retracting chopstick and cutlery case.
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Roland’s Tadeo Kikumoto on 808, part by part: the ukiyo-e drum machine
You think you know the 808? Listen to how Mr. Tadeo Kikumoto, Roland’s lead developer at the time, talks about what went into the machine. That walks through origins, from kick to claps, in this excerpt from the book Inspire the Music: 50 Years of Roland History, thanks to publisher Bjooks.
RIP Berlin synth, drum machine legend Manfred Fricke of MFB
Manfred Fricke was democratizing analog machines for music and pioneering Berlin electronic invention over 5 decades – years ahead of this city becoming known for such things. We’ve lost him this month.
Peter Kirn - June 29, 2021
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