Detritus

> The etymology of 10 musical genre names via kottke   >Acoustic fibres?   I can just imagine the spouse of some sound designer arriving home: “Honey, where’s the washing machine?”   > Old school looking contemporary audio furniture?  …

> Interesting! Sanken CO-100 microphone, with frequency response up to 100kHz!   > Lightning filmed at 9000fps!   > Let the sound breathe   > I’ve read a fair amount of Michel Chions books but never heard any of his…

> Some brilliant NZ short films have recently been added to NZOnScreen, heres a few of my favourites: The Lounge Bar (1988) + Kitchen Sink (1989) + Closer (2004) + Tama-Tu (2004)   > Pulsate – click to make two…

> Pianos as Public Art – “Play me – I’m yours” via @laurablanco   > Griid – a touch controller for ableton LIVE and iPad   > Ahar! So its not just movies that suffer from #the_dog_next_door!   > YouTube…

> I needed this recently when working out how to shoot stop motion to a tempo – an online calculator for Time, Midi and Sample Delay! I’ve also been trying this free Music Maths app   > Merging your iPad…

> Interesting (free) VST Pan-cake for panning in unique ways eg:   > Famous movie moments conducted through ichat eg Malcolm and Cole or Darth and Luke or Jules and Vincent   > Sonic Charge who make the excellent drum…

> Talking vs Listening (to plants)   >Soundwave sculpture   > I love listening to acapellas, for two reasons; to hear such strong vocal arrangements & production (eg note the verbs used on this track) and secondly, without the instrumentation…

> A boom op’s nightmare? thanks @nick meade and @sound devices   > OrganOOn – a sound art installation involving a series of giant digeridoos   > A great article about iPads & the future of book publishing – see…