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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The rebirth of ReBirth
May 11, 2010 – 1:58 pm | 3 Comments
The rebirth of ReBirth

The ReBirth software studio by Propellerhead was huge when it came out in 1997. It was a super cheap PC program that faithfully recreated a Roland TR-808, a Roland TR-909 and two Roland TB-303 …

Oscar Peterson – techno producer?
December 22, 2009 – 1:04 pm | 5 Comments
Oscar Peterson – techno producer?

The picture below is a scan from an old Roland ad from 1982. It depicts Oscar Peterson on the Roland PianoPlus!, with a Roland TR-606 and TB-303.

It’s pretty ironic how Roland saw the 303 …

Roland TB-303 / TR-606 vintage ad
October 23, 2009 – 9:42 am | No Comment
Roland TB-303 / TR-606 vintage ad

This is the first part in a multi-part series on vintage synthesizer advertisements that appear in (usually old) magazines. I used to drool over some of these synthesizers and drum machines, as the closest …

The Acid Symphony Orchestra
October 13, 2009 – 9:14 pm | One Comment
The Acid Symphony Orchestra

The Acid Symphony Orchestra is the brainchild of Jori Hulkkonen. Imagine 10 Roland TB-303′s one Roland TR-707 drum machine, and one Roland TR-808 drum machine. All wonderfully in sync, all tweaked by members …