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The New Technics 1200
Panasonic unveiled the brand new Technics SL-1200G and limited edition SL-1200GAE this week during CES. Available this summer, the first new Technics 1200 in years
Gear & Tech
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Behind the Sound: Deltron 3030
Del, Dan the Automator, and Kid Koala talk about their gear choices and process.
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Laser-Cut Wooden & Acrylic Records
They don’t sound the clearest, but they look beautiful. By Amanda Ghassaei, who previously created a 3-D printed record. More info and videos here. via
Technics SL-1200 Inspired Motorcycle
The Technics Sportster XL883N was created in an alliance between Roland Sands Design and Technics. Sands’ brief was to evoke the style of Technics’ SL-1200 turntable.
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Studio Visit: K-the-I???
Bionic Diversions visit K-the-i??? in his Echo Park, CA studio. Download the featured track here.
Analog Vinyl Sampling
Emulating the audio tape cut & paste technique, by making vinyl sampling a bit more analog — literally cutting and pasting precision cut pieces of vinyl to create samples.
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A Brief History of the Minimoog Synthesizer
One of Moog Music’s earliest engineers, Bill Hemsath, recalls the process of the Minimoog’s birth and sheds some light on what sets the Moog synthesizer apart from other analog synths.
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Wristwatch Turntables
Instructions on how to make your own wristwatch turntable set out of two recordable greeting cards and some potentiometers; enabling you to record your own
The Vinyl Experience
Video footage of vinyl record production, recorded at Pallas Records in Diepholz, Germany — one of the last factories in Europe producing vinyl records. Soundtrack
Invincible + Waajeed Tour Detroit’s Archer Record Pressing Plant
Watch Invincible and Waajeed tour the legendary Archer Record Pressing plant in Detroit where their vinyl was being pressed. emergencemedia.org
Using Google Translate to Beatbox
So, people have discovered you can use Google Translate to beatbox using a German to German translation… it’s sort of interesting.