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Get lost in magical 1983 footage of Brilliant Trees, delicate IBM Dictaphone looping
Whatever you’re doing now, if you want to calm yourself and rediscover the love of slow production, watch this transcendent footage of David Sylvian with Ronny Drayton, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Holger Czukay, Jon Hassell, and Steve Nye.
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Tour Berna3, a complete 1950s electronic music studio in software – tape loops to test oscillators
While everyone else modulates the 70s, 80s, and even 90s, step back to the 1950s – with a complete array of test oscillators, vintage sound equipment, mixers, patching, and tape. It’s Berna3, and it’s possibly the most retro electronic music software … ever.
Peter Kirn - October 1, 2021
Music tech Software Stories Tech
Error Instruments’ Loopman is an experimental cassette Walkman instrument
Also from the mad genius of Error Instruments – Loopman is a Walkman-style tape record player-looper, modded for speed manipulation, recording, and CV input.
Peter Kirn - August 24, 2021
DIY + Unusual Gear Music tech Tech
Eerie, amazing sounds from tape loops, patches – like whales in space
Peter Kirn - November 8, 2018
DIY + Unusual Music Music tech Tech
AMULETS shows how to make a tape loop out of a cassette
Peter Kirn - January 4, 2017
Music Music tech
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