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otophon is a plug-in to play tones inside your head
This one’s for the heads, literally. Otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) are sounds produced by your ear, ghostly tones emitted from inside the cochlea itself. The phenomenon has been employed in experimental music (and medical applications), but it has been hard to explore on your own — until now.
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The taste of music: listen to LJ Rich talk about synesthesia
Synesthesia is a term that gets thrown around a lot, usually to describe the common associations of color, image, and music. But for some people, intermingling of senses can be far more extreme. Listen to LJ Rich talk about what happens when hearing and taste intersect.
Peter Kirn - October 26, 2018
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Music and math unite, from Chowning to Rhythmicon
You have to love German. In English, I can string together whole paragraphs that try and fail to capture the potential of electronic sound. In German, we get to call an event Technosphärenklänge – a word whose utterance is a timbral adventure in itself. And in an event with that name promising to be a […]
Peter Kirn - April 12, 2016
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This is the Only Thing You Need to Know About “Hifi” Tidal Streaming
Peter Kirn - March 31, 2015
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Feeling Sound, Physically: ‘Touch the Sound’ Documents Deaf Percussionist
Peter Kirn - December 6, 2011
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