By Omkar on Oct 31, 2008 in Articles | 0 Comments
Just wanted to let you know about a wee toy we’ve just finished building here in Edinburgh.
We are a group that is part of the dorkbot movement dorkbot.org and have just finished
hacking a robotic MIDI retrofit onto a 1890s Gray and Davison 16′ pipe organ
using mainly surplus components.
Waldfloete MIDI-enabled pipe organ
You need [...]
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By Omkar on Oct 28, 2008 in Articles | 0 Comments
“Ever heard a tree singing?”
asks noted composer and bioacoustician Bernie Krause.
“It’s 70 kHz,” he adds as he reaches for a CD-R in his spartan Northern California studio.
The CD that accompanied Krause’s recent book, Wild Soundscapes (reviewed in the December 2002 issue), included singing ants, aquatic insect larvae, and the hair-raising growl of an Amazonian jaguar.
The [...]
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By Omkar on Oct 18, 2008 in Articles | 0 Comments
Freeware Tools to keep Windows XP slim, fast, reliable and stable
Especially for musicians but mostly for other users as well,
working on a PC (Personal Computer) based sytem,
Windows XP, older or/and further Microsoft releases like current Windows Vista,
are the OP`s (Operation Systems) to go for.
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