Thomas Dolby’s 1989 explanation of synthesis with the Muppets and a fly in a box is pretty ingenious
Thomas Dolby on Jim Henson's little-known The Ghost of Faffner Hall manages an explanation of synthesis basics that is surprisingly...
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OneTrick SIMIAN Is An Open Source Drum Synth, Inspired By The Simmons SDS-V
Punk Labs has introduced OneTrick SIMIAN, a new drum synth for Linux, MacOS & Windows that's inspired by the Simmons...
That time the band Journey made an Atari 2600 game
As Atari celebrates its 50th year, why not recall the pinnacle of gameplay that was "Journey: Escape" - the vivid...
How to Make 80s Synthwave Arpeggiators Like Kavinsky | Tutorial
For this video, we were joined by our online lecturer, Alex Thomen, to showcase how you can make arpeggiated synths...
Atari, at 50, leaves a legacy of electronic imagination in visuals and sound
It's official: video games, or certainly their leading icon Atari, have crossed the half-century landmark. But maybe that's why the...
Trace the Black roots of disco, house, and techno in videos and reading – summer school is in
What a week - the Juneteenth commemoration in the US, Chicago house music interest trending as it's repurposed for new...
Casio’s MT-100 toy keyboard is reborn as a free plug-in for macOS and Windows
Sample Science has a tasty freebie for us - Retro Cazio models the 1983 Casio Casiotone MT-100, for a very,...
Type in lyrics, and this keyboard sings them, as Casio returns to its Casiotone roots
It's like the love-child of those fun 80s portable keyboards and Vocaloid. New Casiotone keyboards will sing lyrics for you....
Get lost in magical 1983 footage of Brilliant Trees, delicate IBM Dictaphone looping
Whatever you're doing now, if you want to calm yourself and rediscover the love of slow production, watch this transcendent...
Bespoke visual noise is the next domain for Robert Henke – so let’s revisit Perlin, anyway
For the year 2022, it's remarkable how much visual generation is still based on decades-old algorithms. But here's one to...
