Archive for the ‘Gear’ Category

May
20/11

[6.4.2011] 4th Annual Experimental Garage Sale

Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 May 2011 02:24
Written by Liz McLean Knight
Friday, May 20th, 2011

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The 4th Annual Experimental Garage Sale to be held on June 11 in Chicago is a craft fair that focuses on circuit bending and DIY musical instruments, taking place at the indoor Experimental Sound Studio space with a dozen sellers hawking circuit bent devices, un-bent toys, electronic parts, kits, experimental instruments, contact microphones, guitar pedals, art, and more. It runs from 12:00 PM until 6:00 PM.

Check out the Facebook Event page for more info.

Here are some photos by the sellers:

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More info at GetLoFi

Tags: circuit bending, crafts, diy, free, toys | Posted under Events, Gear, Music, Scene |

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May
17/11

Tim Exile’s Reaktor-based live PA setup

Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 May 2011 06:32
Written by Liz McLean Knight
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011

Tim Exile of Warp Records explains his live performance setup featuring his own custom patches, live looping & sampling, using Native Instrument’s Reaktor and The Finger with hardware controllers.

Tags: looping, midi, native instruments, reaktor, sampling, the finger, tim exile | Posted under Gear |

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May
12/11

British synthpop documentary, “Synth Britannica”

Last Updated on Thursday, 12 May 2011 11:27
Written by Liz McLean Knight
Thursday, May 12th, 2011

This is a documentary from BBC 4 about British synthpop & synthesizers in the late 70s and early 80s and features interviews with members of New Order, Human League, Kraftwerk, Cabaret Voltaire, OMD, Gary Numan and more. Watch the full series here.

Tags: 80s, documentary, electronic music, england, factory records, kraftwerk, liverpool, london, manchester, new order, pop, rave culture | Posted under Gear |

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May
06/11

Roland TB-303 documentary, “Bassline Bassline”

Last Updated on Thursday, 12 May 2011 11:15
Written by Liz McLean Knight
Friday, May 6th, 2011

From the creator of theAmen Break documentary, this short documentary follows the Roland TB-303, most known for being the distinctive bassline of acid house.

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Apr
02/11

How to start making electronic music

Last Updated on Monday, 16 May 2011 09:54
Written by Liz McLean Knight
Saturday, April 2nd, 2011

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Thisarticle over at Memeshift has a list of resources available online for getting started making electronic music.

It focuses on basic principles and components, like oscillators, filters, synthesizer programming, and sampling. Read more.