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Free software lets you recreate the MPC2000XL drum machine
If you miss the classic MPC – or never owned one and want to experience it for yourself – this is the nearest thing to having the hardware in front of you, for free.
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Free book traces the revolutionary link of graphic to sound, in Xenakis, UPIC, and legacy
Electronic sound is in theory a limitless blank canvas. Iannis Xenakis and his work imagine what image of sound could fill that page – and leaves a legacy that’s still radical today.
Watch Elsa Garmire’s pioneering laser show from 1972 – futuristic and expressive even now
Forget that cheesy Pink Floyd stuff from the planetarium. Scientist Elsa Garmire used optic chops to make lasers into a real instrument – and her work holds up today.
2020 = 303 + 808 + 909, literally
Peter Kirn - December 21, 2019
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Bob Moog with imposters on a 70s game show is one of the best things ever
Peter Kirn - August 29, 2019
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The Sony cassette recorder that went to space and predicted the Walkman
Peter Kirn - July 24, 2019
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You can make music with test equipment – Hainbach explains
Peter Kirn - June 13, 2019
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