Audio and Video Illusion called the McGurk Effect
December 19, 2012 – 2:05 pm | No Comment

It is true, music is best heard when your eyes are closed or if you can get really really close to the stage performer.
Everyone knows this because visual cues can at time be distracting. …

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Audio Waveform Jewelry
June 1, 2009 – 11:20 pm | 13 Comments
Audio Waveform Jewelry

Sakurako Shimizu is a Japanese artist, curator and designer of conceptual jewelry based in Brooklyn, NY.
Sakurako has created a line of jewelry that integrates audio waveforms into the pieces via laser etching and calls it …

Techno from the command line
May 29, 2009 – 11:53 pm | 3 Comments
Techno from the command line

Haskell is a 20-year old advanced, open-source purely functional programming language. It’s designed to allow rapid development of robust and concise software.
Why is this interesting? Well Alex McLean has hacked Haskell enough to …

Möbius music box – cool DIY alert
May 22, 2009 – 10:36 am | 7 Comments
Möbius music box – cool DIY alert

Ranjit Bhatnagar works with interactive sound installations and has exhibited in Berkeley, Belgium, Queens, New York and Brooklyn.  He recently taught “Mister Resistor” at Parsons School of Design, a studio course and rock band with …

Synthporn Awesomeness
May 21, 2009 – 9:51 pm | One Comment
Synthporn Awesomeness

Matthew Davidson is a musician and synth nut.  He took some great video footage at the Analogue Heaven Northeast 2009 gathering and set it to music:

Once a year, analog synth enthusiasts gather to socialize and …

Review: Waldorf Blofeld Keyboard
May 20, 2009 – 11:59 pm | 4 Comments
Review: Waldorf Blofeld Keyboard

Waldorf Music AG is a synthesizer company hailing from Germany – they were founded in 2003, taking over the business of the Waldorf Electronics GmbH which had become insolvent. They’ve been best known for the Microwave …

Synthesizer cakes
May 19, 2009 – 2:51 pm | 7 Comments
Synthesizer cakes

In celebration of a good friend’s birthday, I present to you a number of cakes that have been fashioned to look like synthesizers. Some of them are simple “cakes that look like a …

Percussa AudioCube Controller
May 18, 2009 – 11:46 pm | No Comment
Percussa AudioCube Controller

I’m always on the lookout for interesting controllers, and these AudioCubes extrend the idea of control for sound manipulation and for midi control way past the keyboard or conventional sequencer.

Basically, the AudioCubes are small, palm-sized …

Ultimate synth-geekery: synthesizer tattoos
May 6, 2009 – 10:48 pm | 17 Comments
Ultimate synth-geekery: synthesizer tattoos

Tattoos are a bit of personal choice – some feel that they can help individualize those who have them, and some people wouldn’t be caught dead with one. Most of the time, a tattoo …

The thought-controlled synthesizer
May 5, 2009 – 11:03 pm | 3 Comments
The thought-controlled synthesizer

A person named Krischan Schallenberger decided to find out what would happen if he hooked up a 1970s modular synthesizer to his brain.
The idea being that using biofeedback, he is able to control the synth with his …

The Perfect Unison’s wooden headphones
April 27, 2009 – 9:51 pm | 2 Comments
The Perfect Unison’s wooden headphones

The headphone company The Perfect Unison has partnered with Dutch artist Parra to produce a set of incredibly beautiful wooden headphones.  The Perfect Unison x Parra headphones are being made in a limited number – only 50 are being …