Remix Contest: Sounds from the Large Hadron Collider
December 30, 2010 – 10:05 pm | 416 Comments

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest particle accelerator that resides in a tunnel 27km in circumference beneath the earth near Geneva, Switzerland.
The purpose of the LHC is to help us understand some …

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Vuvuzela Concerto in B flat
June 18, 2010 – 7:46 pm | 3 Comments
Vuvuzela Concerto in B flat

With all the football (soccer for Americans) coverage going on all the time recently due to the FIFA World Cup, we’re seeing more and more vuvuzela’s deafening people everywhere.

The vuvuzela (called a “lepatata” in its …

Robot DJ’s set to take over the world
June 18, 2010 – 1:08 pm | No Comment
Robot DJ’s set to take over the world

Robots have never exactly been thought of as the grooviest types, but the “Juke Bot” is really trying hard to change that image.

The Juke Bot is a pair of Kuka industrial robots – each one …

Auto-synchronization of metronomes
June 2, 2010 – 10:20 pm | One Comment
Auto-synchronization of metronomes

This is a really interesting effect – 5 metronomes all placed on the same piece of material will eventually synchronize themselves ‘automagically’:

Very fascinating to watch, I even got a little rush when they all clicked. …

The evolution of PC audio
May 21, 2010 – 11:20 am | One Comment
The evolution of PC audio

Many of us take fantastic sound from our computers for granted these days, but PC audio has come a very long way since I bought my TRS-80 Color Computer a very long time ago (which …

Drumbrella
May 18, 2010 – 3:34 pm | 2 Comments
Drumbrella

The Rain Drum is an invention in the concept stage by Dong Min Park. It’s an umbrella that features various drum sounds, promising to make your rainy day much more interesting.

When the rain …

Massive studio
May 13, 2010 – 12:40 pm | 3 Comments
Massive studio

Ocean Way Studios is located in Hollywood, CA. They have 2 large recording studios, and a huge pile of gear. They’ve been involved in some fairly high profile projects, including recordings for Green …

Surround sound for your unborn baby
May 11, 2010 – 7:15 am | One Comment
Surround sound for your unborn baby

Some things can definitely be carried a little too far – Nuvo Group describes their new Ritmo™ Advanced Sound System as “the most advanced and complete prenatal music player, delivering quality and safe sound …

Overhead projector as musical instrument
May 10, 2010 – 1:12 pm | No Comment
Overhead projector as musical instrument

Blair Neal has created an art project installation entitled ‘Color a Sound’ which was set up at RPI’s West Hall Gallery 111 for the month of April 2010.
The installation invites participants to make colored markings …

Credit Synthesis
May 7, 2010 – 8:10 pm | 6 Comments
Credit Synthesis

Credit Synthesis is a sound synthesizing sculpture by Jonathan Vingiano. The device interprets data that is stored magnetically on the magnetic stripe on credit cards, student IDs, etc and translates it into sound.

Synthesizer circuit diagram
April 27, 2010 – 11:56 am | No Comment
Synthesizer circuit diagram

XKCD had a great comic a little while ago, showing an electronic circuit diagram. I thought that it described extremely well how a lot of synth enthusiasts think of the inside of their instruments and …