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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A short guide to sound synthesis
September 14, 2012 – 10:08 am | No Comment
A short guide to sound synthesis

For any of you who have to explain to your partner just what it is you spend all your time doing, here’s a brief guide to sound synthesis. Using a Doepfer A-100 modular synthesiser, …

Elektron Octatrack
December 22, 2010 – 6:20 pm | No Comment
Elektron Octatrack

The Elektron Octatrack DPS-1 promises to pretty much be “Ableton Live in a box”. Whether or not it lives up to this, I don’t know, but I do know that the following …

Techno Jeep
December 14, 2009 – 5:27 pm | One Comment
Techno Jeep

Julian Smith makes his my living as a YouTuber, freelance director and musician. In this video that he’s put together, he’s created a techno track using only the actual sounds from a Jeep. …

David Vorhaus: Electronic Music 1979
November 3, 2009 – 3:18 pm | 2 Comments
David Vorhaus: Electronic Music 1979

David Vorhaus is one of the original pioneers of electronic music in Britain – he worked in the BBC radiophonic workshop with Delia Derbyshire and was a founding member and mainstay of the band White …

When Kraftwerk was actually groovy
October 22, 2009 – 3:30 pm | No Comment
When Kraftwerk was actually groovy

This video is taken from a 1971 live performance – it’s a version of Kraftwerk’s song “Truckstop Gondolero”. The difference between this song and their later album releases is truly remarkable.
The band …

Birds on the wires: music by birds
September 10, 2009 – 4:00 pm | One Comment
Birds on the wires: music by birds

To you and I, this just looks like birds hanging out on power lines, but when Jarbas Agnelli saw this picture, she thought “music notation”. Since the picture of the birds on wires …

Synesthesia
June 20, 2009 – 10:09 pm | One Comment
Synesthesia

Synesthesia is an incredible short film by Terri Timely.  It is about the sensation of Syntesthesia, which is the subjective sensation of a sense different than the one being stimulated.
A good example of this would be ‘seeing’ sound. …

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 …