Mathematician explains resonant frequencies and how not to spill coffee
Since sound is a wave, there are, uh, resonances between audio and fluid dynamics. And that brings us to playground...
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“High” and “low” pitch are not universal; sometimes there are crocodiles
"High" and "low" pitch are universal, right? Wrong. Try large and small, thick and thin, and among Zimbabwe's Shona people,...
Fluss: Hainbach and Bram Bos teamed up on an iOS granular app, and it’s an instant gem
Bram Bos and Hainbach have found a beautiful fusion of hardware inspiration and touch-native controls to produce an approachable, elegant,...
The Commodordion: 8-bit instrument made of taped-together C64s and floppies
Eat your heart out, Roland V-Accordion. Meet the Commodordion, an 8-bit chip instrument with bellows made of floppies and gaffer...
Hot visual patch summer: cables.gl adds character camera control, new physics, remote viewing
The free browser-based patching environment for visuals cables.gl has one hot summer update. New ray casting and the power to...
Bitwig Studio 4.1: color palettes, note FX with physics and more, Sampler release chaining
Bitwig users get a bunch of goodies in the just-announced 4.1. There are tons of Note FX devices with various...
The beauty of wind organs, and how to make one yourself out of recycled materials
The acoustic principles are the same as wind instruments (and pipe organs). But there’s something eerily beautiful about wind organs...
Make orbits of planets and moons into music, with a VCV Rack module and an upcoming synth
In the early days of analog synthesis, you had to just turn knobs really slowly and imagine some planetary bodies...