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Imagining an alternate history of music instruments, quipu to skulls
What if Neanderthal music had evolved alongside human sounds, or if Andean quipus shaped computer music, or if Les Paul had played the viola da gamba? Polish design house panGenerator gives us a look.
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Polyend Synth is a $499 polysynth with grid and a ton of synth engines
If what you crave is not so much a groovebox/sequencer as a synthesizer, behold the latest from Polyend. Simply dubbed Synth, it’s a 499 $/€ instrument packed with playable synth engines. And you could see it as the first dedicated synth instrument from the company since their original flagship Medusa.
Peter Kirn - November 12, 2024
Gear Music tech Tech
Journey to the forests of the Amazon and Poland with blind artist Izabela Dłużyk
Now is a time to listen more deeply. Sound artist Izabela Dłużyk, blind since birth, launched a crowdfunding campaign to “dream despite blindness” back in 2016 to travel to Peruvian rainforest. We can sonically travel with her in a full-length album of field recordings, The Amazon — Where the Moon Wept.
Peter Kirn - November 12, 2024
DIY + Unusual Music Stories Tech
Polyend Tracker Mini 2.0: synth engines, PERC drum synth, more of everything
Peter Kirn - July 1, 2024
Gear Music tech Tech
Polyend’s Tracker Mini adds stereo sampling features, clock improvements
Peter Kirn - March 8, 2024
Gear Music tech Tech
Nepheton 2 is here: D16’s perfect, booming 808 recreation joins 909
Peter Kirn - December 4, 2023
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