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Tag: music technology
From Discs to Digital: The Odd History of Music Formats
Physical formats have only been around since the 1870s — but in that relatively short…
How Mellotrons Work and What Makes Them So Special
Pipe organs are expensive. They’re such large installations that they’re as much architectural and carpentry…
How the Internet Has Changed the Game for DIY Artists, Myself Included
How to start an article about how the internet has changed everything when everybody already…
Turning Sound into Electricity: An Advanced Guide to Microphone Technology
Microphones, once highly specialized tools, are now used almost every day by almost everyone. The…
Vinyl: How It Works (and What That Means for You)
This article discusses how vinyl recording and playback technology functions and introduces some helpful tips…
14 of the Most Commonly Confused Terms in Music and Audio
Once upon a time, remixing a song meant actually redoing the mix. Many vintage consoles (some Neve 80-series,…
The Top 10 Apps You Need to Bring on Tour
You’ve heard the glory stories of surviving on tour: nightly pizza and fried food, crashing…
Enter the Realm of Live Coded Music
From fashion to music, the things you love can be created in code. Coding is…
Remixing Special Ed: Reaching Marginalized Students Through Music Technology
In many American cities, public school music education is facing extinction. In the 2014-2015 New York City…