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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Now that’s what I call MIDI!
December 22, 2010 – 9:04 pm | No Comment
Now that’s what I call MIDI!

Internet Archaeology is an organization that “seeks to explore, recover, archive and showcase the graphic artifacts found within earlier Internet Culture.”
Basically, they want to save early internet content to acknowledge its importance, and save …

What a record sees
September 10, 2010 – 9:34 am | No Comment
What a record sees

Tim Franco is a photographer based in Shanghai, China. His photographic work tries to examine objects from different perspectives:
“My art pushes further the idea to investigate the documentary work through portraying certain kind of …

Death to Vinyl – make your ashes into a record
August 27, 2010 – 4:07 pm | 3 Comments
Death to Vinyl – make your ashes into a record

The company “And Vinyly” will take your charred remains and press them into your own death vinyl. You can use a personalized message, your own music, or any recording that is 24 …

Cutting a record with a laser
August 6, 2010 – 8:51 am | No Comment
Cutting a record with a laser

We’re covered Niklas Roy before, and he’s got a new DIY project that synthesizes sound in a pretty interesting way. Niklas and Jari Suominen had a chance to play with a laser cutter for …

Combination CD and vinyl record – on one disc
June 16, 2010 – 1:09 am | 2 Comments
Combination CD and vinyl record – on one disc

Jeff Mills has taken a pretty interesting approach to his latest limited release, The Occurrence. The record is released on a “hybrid CD”, meaning that the CD and the vinyl record are one of …

Without records
March 17, 2010 – 11:37 am | 2 Comments
Without records

What would it sound like if you took the record off the turntable and just let the needle hit the platter while it spins? How about 100 of them all playing at the same …

Vinyl record audio train
March 12, 2010 – 10:32 am | No Comment
Vinyl record audio train

Readers of SynthGear might already be familiar with Yuri Suzuki, the Japanese audio/electronic artist/musician. He brought us the Jellyfish Theremin and the Music Kettle, among other things.
In collaboration with Yaloslav Tencer, Yuri has …