Great article by Ron Rice on the history of artists and sound reproduction.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Spooky-Tesla-Spirit-Radio/ is the best-looking EMF mic I’ve ever seen.
FEB 15 2013 Make a Pd Patch, Run it on Android, iOS, Right Away: Two Free Solutions
It would be interesting if these quick-and-dirty guides to making PD patches for iOS and Android result in lots of easily accessible, easily-buildable mobile synth patches.
Chris Watson On Recording The Music Of The Natural World
“No-one else can hear the world like you can when you put those headphones on“
Great interview with Chris Watson of Cabaret Voltaire, on his experience making recordings in the field.
07
Jan
13
Blue Ice: The Ice Record Project
This is a fascinating approach to creating very marginal work.
The most minimal record ever made…?
I’m not going to accept that claim on face value, but I do like the idea of the single frequency on a 33 1/3 RPM LP being 33.333333 Hz.
06
Jan
13
3D printed record
I’m curious as to fidelity and durability, but that doesn’t change how amazing this is.
littleBits makes modular electronic circuit components that attach to each other with magnets. Not much info on audio-producing components yet (they are still getting everything ready, apparently) but they claim to have over fifty modules.
Disclosure: I am a former student of Bob Snyder’s and took part in the classes that the book was developed from.
Music and Memory approaches the study of sound-in-time from that of cognitive psychology, time theory, cultural relativism (not in a dogmatic sense) and nearly every other possible discipline but Western music theory. It’s very refreshing, and a crucial read for any artist working in sound. Including, especially, music.
