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Record Breaking: Magnetic Levitating Turntable Lets Vinyl Defy Gravity

23 Oct

[ By WebUrbanist in Technology & Vintage & Retro. ]

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Cool and clever trump common sense and normal physics in this levitating record turntable, which aims to bring a vintage technology into the future.

Mag-Lev Audio wants to push audio technology in a new (vertical) direction, creating an “uplifting experience of music” in the form of the world’s first floating record player.

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The device, the creators claim, not just about a look, but also the ability to “maintain the incredibly precise turning of the platter with sensor regulating software. Air is the smoothest medium with least amount of friction, which further elevates this project into a truly unique listening experience.”

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Feet support the spinning platter when it is not in use while stored-up power can bring the system to a comfortable stop and lift the needle in case of an outage (instead of it dropping the floating disc uncontrolled).

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The makers boast the simplicity of the system: “pick a favorite record; turn the turntable on; move the tone arm into position; and lower the cueing lever; then let the smart-record player do the rest.”

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A series of LED lights and digital displays lend the entire setup an air of cyberpunk futurism as well, reinforcing the ambient aesthetic created by the floating form of the disk. Whether this approach will take off remains to be seen, but the gadget has already raised enough money on Kickstarter to make it happen.

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We ? Retro Media: Vinyl, VHS, Tapes & Film | Off Book | PBS

17 Jan

We live in a digital world that gives us all the media we could possibly dream of at the click of a mouse, yet many people miss the old school physical formats from our past. Listening to vinyl and cassettes allows us to connect with music in a different way than MP3s. VHS and 8mm create visual aesthetics and atmospheres that are difficult to replicate in digital video. And the surprises inherent to analog instant photography help embed an organic quality to the recording of our memories. The challenges these retro formats present to capturing and experiencing media actually enhance our appreciation for the sound or image, making the art we love a bit more intimate, and real. Here’s a list of all the art used in the episode! docs.google.com Featuring: Eilon Paz, www.dustandgrooves.com Prof. Al Nigrin, Rutgers University Ryan Martin, Dais Records Rebecca Cleman, Electric Arts Intermix David Bias, Impossible Project www.the-impossible-project.com Music: Professor Kliq – soundcloud.com PhatRecords Music – www.youtube.com Jason Day – soundcloud.com Diadainconsupertrafra – soundcloud.com Nic Bommarito – freemusicarchive.org Binarpilot – www.jamendo.com Duckett – ccmixter.org More Off Book: Our last video on The Effect of Color: youtu.be Our short documentary on The Creativity of Indie Video Games: www.youtu.be Taking a look at The Art of Web Design: youtu.be We asked Can Fandom Change Society?: youtu.be An examination of The Art of Animation & Motion Graphics: youtu.be Follow …
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Sound of the Earth: Vinyl Globe Plays Music of the World

24 Oct

[ By Steph in Art & Installation & Sound. ]

This is more than just a model of the globe: it’s a spherical record player that will produce the sounds of a particular region when spun. The Sound of the Earth by Yuri Suzuki is just one of the designer’s incredibly innovative sonic products and installations. Suzuki spent four years traveling the world to collect samples of folk songs, national anthems and other audio.

Referring to the globe as ‘an aural journey around the world in 30 minutes,’ Suzuki explains that he wanted to bring all of the music of his travels together in one place.

Other projects include Barcode Book, which tells a story through illustrations made with bar codes, which are scanned with a hand-held reader, and Sound Taxi. The latter project is a vintage taxi equipped with a microphone that records urban sounds like traffic, sirens and construction work, and uses them to generate unique music in real time, which is played via 67 built-in speakers and big, shiny Indian horns mounted on the roof and hood.

“A few years ago my hard drive crashed and I lost my entire 500GB music collection,” Suzuki told The Guardian. “From then on, music held in physical objects seemed safer.”

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