Fine Collection of Curious Sound Objects

A short demonstration of some very unique sound generators and processors by Georg Reil:

The arrangement includes six exceptional exhibits from the world of sounds and acoustics. At first sight looking trivial, each object incorporates a very unique ability.

The magical character of each object is accompanied with a little story, almost completely concealing the existence of technical components such as speakers or sensors. Only small connection ports as well as the uniform black finishing point to thier unusual abilities.

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Sound in Context Documentary

Sound in Context is an interesting short documentary about the challenges involved in exhibiting and promoting sound art installations. Produced by the Sound and Music organization.

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120 Years of Electronic Music

120 Years of Electronic Music provides a overview of electronic musical instruments from 1870 through 1990.

Author Simon Crab explains:

This site charts the development of electronic musical instruments from 1870 to 1990. For the purposes of this project electronic musical instruments are defined as instruments that synthesise sounds from an electronic source. This definition leaves out a whole section of hybrid electronic instruments developed at the end of the last century that used electronics to manipulate or amplify sounds and tape recorders, wax recording devices, Musique Concrete and so-on. It has been decided to leave in some non electronic instruments such as the Futurists “Intonarumori” due to their importance in the history of and influence on modern music.

120 Years of Electronic Music

Related: Reverse Time Page has a brief history of the 1955 RCA Electronic Music Synthesizer with sound samples from RCA’s promotional recordings.

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DIY Ribbon Controller

My Sunday project: a ribbon controller made from discarded 1/4″ audio tape!

The resistance range of the ribbon in this video is about 100K to 1M. It is controlling the frequency of a 4046-based VCO.

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BBC Prog Rock Britannia Documentary

Taking another short break from handmade electronic music to give some love to the first genre of music that really captivated me, way back in the day…

Prog Rock Britannia is another excellent music documentary from the BBC that covers the (gloriously excessive) British progressive rock scene during the 1970s.

Bonus:

Watch Laurie Brown’s in-depth interview with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson of Canadian prog heroes Rush, in which they discuss their history and approach to songwriting.

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