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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-06

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:30:00 +0000

Keylight – an audio rhythm experiment.: http://sqzr.de/9ij #
Musical Robot Maker – Charlie Williams – http://sqzr.de/952 #
Designing better urban noise http://sqzr.de/951 #
Sony's nonsensical portable speaker design http://sqzr.de/950 #
From Apple, a Step Into Social Media for Music http://nyti.ms/cdcfBj #
Automakers add sound to their brand image http://sqzr.de/8td #
Facebook sues Teachbook for using ‘book’ in its name http://sqzr.de/8dd #
I liked a YouTube video — The future of the music industry http://youtu.be/ZC9cXWLHXc4?a #
Composing for 1-bit Microchip: Tristan Perich http://sqzr.de/8d1 #
Magnetic Ink Pens Let You Write Audio Messages http://sqzr.de/80s #
Audio trick lets authorities watch the movie pirates http://sqzr.de/80r #
Tapping Audio Signal Processing Tech, French Researchers Develop Long-Range 'EMP Bazooka' http://sqzr.de/80q #
Socket and see: Apple reinvents the audio jack http://sqzr.de/80p #

Tristan Perich – 1-Bit Symphony

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:13:38 +0000

“Tristan Perich‘s 1-Bit Symphony is an electronic composition in five movements on a single microchip. Though housed in a CD jewel case, 1-Bit Symphony is not a recording in the traditional sense; it literally “performs” its music live when turned on.”

Tristan Perich – 1-Bit Symphony via: createdigitalmusic

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Basic Synth Programming Guide – 1985

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:51:02 +0000

The basics / guide of synthesizer programming / patching. By Dominic Milano. Keyboard Magazine – June 1985. Also some interviews with studio programmers (Michael Boddicker,…) – “How to make those million dollar sounds”.

Via: @flugli

Audio Myths Workshop

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:24:07 +0000

“This is a video version of my Audio Myths workshop from the October 2009 AES show in New York City. For copyright and other reasons, Part 1 of this video includes only a portion of the live event that also featured James Johnston and Poppy Crum. Parts 2 and 3 present a more focused recreation of my presentation, including many topics we didn’t have time for at the live show.”

“The original high quality example Wave files mentioned in Part 3 can be downloaded from my web site: http://www.ethanwiner.com/aes”

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-30

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:30:00 +0000

FFFFOUND! | How to price your work | greyscalegorilla/blog: http://sqzr.de/6xs #
Death to Vinyl – make your ashes into a record http://sqzr.de/6wq #
Observatory: Ahh, the Sweet Sound of Music Training http://bit.ly/bNAS8Y #
Brain has emotional sense http://sqzr.de/6ob #
Music From Nowhere (Jun, 1960) http://sqzr.de/6oa #
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Acoustic communication in elephants [del.icio.us] http://t.co/iMALajd via @sound__branding #
Not just a pleasant sound http://sqzr.de/6m0 #
Seeing with Sound – The vOICe: http://goo.gl/3HGY #
Sounds of the rainforest versus sounds of the city http://sqzr.de/6ly #
Clothing as speakers and microphones http://sqzr.de/6lx #
Meet The 8-bit Chris Isaak http://sqzr.de/6lu #
Sound Builders: Ken Butler, Musical Frankenstein, Builds Violins Out of Toy Guns, Boots and More http://sqzr.de/6lt #
Endless Rain Record http://sqzr.de/6lr #
The Sound of Sorting http://sqzr.de/6lq #
Top 10 Popular Music Rip-Offs http://sqzr.de/6la #
nike music shoes http://sqzr.de/6l9 #
Record grooves under an electron microscope http://sqzr.de/6l8 #
iPad DJ Station http://bit.ly/cTamEt #
SoundCloud adopts Creative Commons licensing http://bit.ly/9Ouzz4 #
Putting a value on Spotify http://bit.ly/b8J3qK #
NFL Sonic Branding http://sqzr.de/62p #
Does your brand sound as good as it looks? http://bit.ly/asergE #
iPhone Field Recorder http://sqzr.de/6bt #iphone #recording #audio #
Australia wind farm noise issues spur Senator, acoustician to dig deeper http://sqzr.de/6bk #
Haptic Audio royalty free audio content for sound professionals who like strange noises http://sqzr.de/6bj #
Killer: World's biggest Drum Machine http://sqzr.de/6bg #
Sonic Branding | Uptown Uncorked http://sqzr.de/4hz #
Founder of #Elektra Records talks about the future of the #music business and #technology – http://t.co/SoxKczp @tfotmi #
India and sound branding « PPJ SoundByte http://t.co/LDEqO9y #brands #
Do you know what the most addictive sounds are? Building Brands With Sound: Branding Strategy Insider http://t.co/MaQNg5X @sound__branding #

In-Store Music: Background Noise Or Sales Generator?

admin — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:20:14 +0000

“To what extent does background music have a positive role to play helping businesses enjoy the most of the sales season? Research published on http://www.musicworksforyou.com shows that 84% of shoppers say they like shops that play in-store music and, of that percentage, 23% claim they would be prepared to pay 5% more for goods if music was being played.”

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Fake Engine Noise Makes Electric Cars Safer

admin — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:15:10 +0000

Fake Engine Noise Makes Electric Cars Safer

“Giving quiet electric and hybrid cars a fake engine sound will warn pedestrians they are coming.”

Read On: newscientist

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Seeburg 1000 Background Music System – 1963

admin — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:05:20 +0000

“The Seeburg 1000 background music system was introduced in 1963 in which to provide background music or “elevator music” as we know it today for shoppers in stores, or factory workers etc. These units played a special record designed by seeburg 2″ diameter center hole 16-2/3 RPM disk. The machine was designed to provide continuous play of up to 25 disks, 20 songs per side, hence the name “1000″. At the end of the last record, the changer would lift the stack upto the top of the changer spindle for another round of playing.”

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History Of The Pallophotophone – 1922

admin — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:53:24 +0000

“Presentation by Chris Hunter: Early sound recording device 1922 – one of earliest attempts to record sound on film. The Pallophotophone recorded wave forms of sound using light which bounced off a small mirror, exposing 35 mm film.”

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Acoustic Ecology

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:32:26 +0000

“Acoustic ecology , sometimes called soundscape ecology or soundscape studies, is the relationship, mediated through sound, between living beings and their environment. Acoustic ecology studies started in the late 1960s with R. Murray Schafer and his team at Simon Fraser University (Vancouver, Canada) as part of the World Soundscape Project .”

Listening To Music “Upside Down”

admin — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:12:32 +0000

“What Photosounder does is invert the notes of the tune, which creates a different sounding tune, but it also inverts the overtones, so the instruments also sound different. This effect is unique to Photosounder, which is the only program out there that treats sounds and music entirely as images.”

Link: Photosounder

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-23

admin — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:30:00 +0000

I liked a YouTube video — Darth Vader recording for TomTom GPS – behind the scenes http://youtu.be/2ljFfL-mL70?a #
Return of the advertising jingle | The Epic Sound blog http://t.co/GdCFkER via @soundseller #
Der gute Ton | BrandFellas RALF DROTLEFF ERZÄHLT VOM KLANG EINER MARKE UND SEINEM BERUFSFELD http://t.co/4jDfPIw via @soundseller #
Just got some #news from Thounds: http://www.thounds.biz/newsletter/2010/08/19/index.html #
Sonic branding about to boom http://t.co/fAcjuNh via @sound__branding #
John Mellencamp compares the Web to the atomic bomb. "It's destroyed the music business," he says. http://t.co/CNJJaU2 via @tfotmi #
W&V: "Von grandios bis peinlich": Die Markensounds der Bundesliga http://t.co/sJvaSg9 via @soundseller #

Rock It Vibration Sound Device – Camp Speaker

admin — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:06:43 +0000

In this video the staff of gofastandlight.com uses the Orig Audio Rock It Vibration Sound Device to turn a Bear Cannister into a Camp Speaker. Lightweight portable device can be used to turn a variety of objects into speakers.

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Peter Davey – Sonic Resonance Boiler

admin — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:59:43 +0000

Peter Davey, 92-Year Old Sax-Player Uses Resonance to Boil Water Inexpensively.
He calls it the “sonic boiler” because he claims it uses the power of sound. How the heater actually works has confounded experts.

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Glossary Of Sound

admin — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:42:03 +0000

Common terms used in the field of acoustics, music and sound in general. (A-Z)

via arda2007

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