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Erica Synths surprise: Bullfrog with Richie Hawtin features swappable cards, youth-friendly features
Here’s “one more thing” from Erica Synths, unveiled at SONAR+D in Barcelona. They’ve added to their EDU line with Bullfrog, a modular synth co-created with Richie Hawtin, featuring swappable voice cards that can transform its functionality.
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This drum machine turns children’s heartbeats into music, raising visibility of kids’ heart defects
Teenage Engineering and designer Love Hultén worked together on the design for the CHD-4, a drum machine based on electrocardiograms. The object went on auction on Valentine’s Day this week, in an effort to raise visibility of Congenital Heart Disease.
Thomas Dolby’s 1989 explanation of synthesis with the Muppets and a fly in a box is pretty ingenious
Thomas Dolby on Jim Henson’s little-known The Ghost of Faffner Hall manages an explanation of synthesis basics that is surprisingly original. And it involves a fly in a matchbox and a Minimoog.
Teenage Engineering’s drum synth UI was drawn by a 9-year-old girl
Peter Kirn - January 18, 2017
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Play with Steve Reich’s techniques in a free iPhone app
Peter Kirn - April 28, 2016
Music Music tech
MICKEYPHON is a terrifying giant robot head that’s also a musical instrument
Peter Kirn - January 12, 2016
Motion Music Music tech
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