You should know James West, the Black inventor of the electret microphone
Black engineers have made massive contributions to sound and music technology, overcoming systemic discrimination. And yet, they're too often unsung,...
media archaeology
The long lost, 478-key Moog-Rothenberg keyboard makes its return
A little-known invention by Bob Moog in collaboration with mathematician/theorist David Rothenberg has come back from the dead. With 478...
The device alone doesn’t matter: Vision Pro is a showcase for Apple’s spatial computing tech
We talk about the Mac, but ultimately the Mac was a vehicle for GUIs - icons, mice, scrolling, toolboxes, painting....
Watch Troika Ranch’s history in dance technology, then dust off your Wiimote with Isadora
Return to the days of MIDI-controlled LaserDisc players - Mark Coniglio, creator of Isadora, walks through this history of the...
A 1970s Swedish modular you probably never heard of was meant for every music school
Meet the Dataton 3000. The creation of Sweden's Björn Sandlund, it sports a unique, friendly modular designed for educational use...
A new look at electronic music’s female pioneers, in limited streaming now
With film festivals online, many parts of the world get a unique chance to peek into a new feature documentary...
1930s Soviet optical synthesis animation looks positively futuristic after 4K restoration
It's synthesis from paper - sounds crafted quite literally by hand, using drawn animation, then optically synthesized. But after this...
