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Circuit bending progenitor Reed Ghazala has new ideas to share – with invisible rays
“Father of Circuit Bending” Reed Ghazala isn’t done transforming musical bending techniques. For starters, there’s this magnetic-patch, chip-talk, chance-based aleatron reincarnation of a Casio keyboard – now with plasma-based radiation. You know, like the energy weapons in sci-fi films. Oh, and a glass eyeball and underlighting.
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ValhallaWrapper gives Valhalla DSP reverbs native Ableton Live UIs
Window shuffle, be gone! ValhallaWrapper is a clever name-your-price Max for Live add-on by Elisa Hom that simulates the UIs for these beloved reverbs — as if they were native Live Devices.
Peter Kirn - October 19, 2022
Music tech Software Tech
Here’s a DIY plate reverb, hacked out of IKEA parts for under $100
Can’t afford a pricey plate reverb? Use some IKEA shelving and piezos and get something that sounds amazingly good in this simple DIY tutorial. Best of all – you can do it for under $100 in parts, and it’s not a complex build.
Peter Kirn - August 30, 2022
DIY + Unusual Gear Music tech Tech
Watch this video with tricks to get more out of KORG’s west-coast volca modular
Peter Kirn - August 12, 2022
DIY + Unusual Gear Modular-Analog Music tech Tech
A DIY violin with a spring reverb tank inside
Peter Kirn - August 5, 2022
DIY + Unusual Music Music tech Tech
Novation’s Launchpad 2.0 adds widgets that adapt to your DAW shortcuts, expands customization
Peter Kirn - July 4, 2022
Gear Music tech Tech
Resolume 7.8’s REST API turns your visual tools into tweakable web servers
Peter Kirn - December 28, 2021
DIY + Unusual Motion Software Tech
8-bit painting – watch a DIY light pen for the IBM PCjr
Peter Kirn - December 2, 2021
DIY + Unusual Motion Tech
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