The list according to Wired:
- Roland TB-303
- Roland TR-808
- Technics SL-1200 Turntable
- Nordlead 1
- Amek System 9098 Equalizer
- Akai S950 Sampler
Intwesting. Off to go read the article on why. Interesting that the Minimoog didn't make the list.
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Six Machines That Changed The Music World - Wired
Via Cynthia via AH. Thanks Cynthia!
The list according to Wired:
Intwesting. Off to go read the article on why. Interesting that the Minimoog didn't make the list.
The list according to Wired:
Intwesting. Off to go read the article on why. Interesting that the Minimoog didn't make the list.
EMU 2200 VCO
This popped up in my randomn image viewer. It's an EMU 2200 VCO. Notice the Eų in the title. Title link takes you to a bigger shot.
Nintendo Music Keyboard 1984 Prototype
Via Create Digital Music. Wow. Never knew this even existed. Title link takes you to more info and more shots.
MIT Ionosphere - Sounds of the Atmosphere
Another SoundLab Custom Design
I posted about the SoundLab on 8/30. Here is another design that cropped up on electro-music.com. Pretty nice design especially with Halloween just around the corner. : ) Title link takes you to more.
Kosmophone - Space Age Midi Controller - literally...
Sent to me by Charles Vestal. Thanks Charles! Click through for more info, shots and samples. Amazing.
That silver cylinder in the rack is the Kosmophone.
"The Kosmophone is a gamma-ray spectrometer operating in the range of about 3 to 7 million electron-volts (MeV) controlling a MIDI music synthesizer.
This octave of the electromagnetic spectrum, about a million times higher frequency than the octave our eyes respond to, contains very little energy that originates in our solar system. Almost all of the energy in this band is a result of unbelievably energetic radiation coming from the far reaches of the universe, 'Cosmic Rays'. Fortunately, they tend not to make it all the way through the approximately 100 miles of air over our heads. As they smash their way through the atmosphere the collisions produce energetic emissions and it is these secondary emissions the Kosmophone responds to. The energy level of each detected event is measured and that information is sent to the MIDI control port of a music synthesizer. The 'cosmic data' is not altered or supplemented in any way and would be presumed to be completely random.
The measured distribution of energy values is indeed very uniform and the rate does not vary from local day to night. Apparently the normal output of our sun contains no significant gamma rays (which is a very good thing for us!) but they are produced in bursts during solar flares. "
Update via the comments:
"Many thanks for your interest and kind words, but please note the silvery cylinder at the bottom of the rack is just the detector; a 3" Teledyne Isotopes 4Pi-well-type NaI scintillator previously owned by a government weapons laboratory. The 1RU panel above it is the Pulse Height Analyzer and of course above that the synth and power amp."
That silver cylinder in the rack is the Kosmophone.
"The Kosmophone is a gamma-ray spectrometer operating in the range of about 3 to 7 million electron-volts (MeV) controlling a MIDI music synthesizer.
This octave of the electromagnetic spectrum, about a million times higher frequency than the octave our eyes respond to, contains very little energy that originates in our solar system. Almost all of the energy in this band is a result of unbelievably energetic radiation coming from the far reaches of the universe, 'Cosmic Rays'. Fortunately, they tend not to make it all the way through the approximately 100 miles of air over our heads. As they smash their way through the atmosphere the collisions produce energetic emissions and it is these secondary emissions the Kosmophone responds to. The energy level of each detected event is measured and that information is sent to the MIDI control port of a music synthesizer. The 'cosmic data' is not altered or supplemented in any way and would be presumed to be completely random.
The measured distribution of energy values is indeed very uniform and the rate does not vary from local day to night. Apparently the normal output of our sun contains no significant gamma rays (which is a very good thing for us!) but they are produced in bursts during solar flares. "
Update via the comments:
"Many thanks for your interest and kind words, but please note the silvery cylinder at the bottom of the rack is just the detector; a 3" Teledyne Isotopes 4Pi-well-type NaI scintillator previously owned by a government weapons laboratory. The 1RU panel above it is the Pulse Height Analyzer and of course above that the synth and power amp."
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