Original Sound Effects Libraries, Custom Sound Design, Consulting Audio Content for third party software.
All proceeds of this auction (less eBay and PayPal fees) will be donated to The Cancer Research Society, a Canadian not-for-profit organization whose principal mission is to fund basic research and promote prevention in order to defeat cancer.
The Synthi A (formerly Portabella) has three oscillators, and a unique patch system. Instead of patch wires, it uses (like the VCS3) a patchbay grid in which the synth components are laid out, and signal routing is accomplished by placing small pins into the appropriate slots.
"...over the last decade the ranks of true audiophiles have been thinning, in large part because of the growing popularity of MP3 players and iPods. These nifty devices enable you to store thousands of hours of your favorite music and take it with you as you bop through your day. You can listen while shopping, while jogging or even, depending on your job, while at work. No one, not even devoted users of MP3s or iPods, claims that the sound reproduction on these technological marvels is equal to that of the best home CD systems. After all, they work by eliminating some of the digitized sound bits to open up storage space for multiple compressed files of music, rendering the sound a little thinner. Still, for consumers, easy access has trumped high fidelity".
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[Noise is derived from the Latin ‘nausea’, meaning seasickness]More and more, it is coming to seem that a life of noise is our destiny. Just as there is a politics of noise, so there can, and should, be an opposed politics of silence. It is possible to speak of the virtues of silence in a general sense and to wish to preserve them in an era where the environment is being scarred by noise pollution.
Contemplation is a matter of solitude and silence, and it is very much against the grain of modern existence, which, particularly in the West, demands activity and ‘busyness’ from us as a demonstration of our social usefulness.
Noise sells.
To export technology is also to export noise. If you cannot escape from the noise, then it is an imposition, an invasion of your space and a transgression of your rights.
Silence as a living presence. Music is unthinkable without silence, which is an integral aspect of all musical composition.
Fortunately, both writing and reading this blog are essentially silent activities which do not contribute to noise pollution.
Although György Ligeti has composed less than 14 minutes of electronic music it is impossible to find his electronic oeuvre on a single release. Until now. This generic, self-made Orpheus Records compilation brings you both electronic miniatures that Ligeti composed during his stay at the Electronic Music Studio of the West German Radio (WDR) in 1957/58 - on invitation by Karlheinz Stockhausen....from the Past…out of the Future...
[U.S.O. Project 'SoundRoom' - Rome]
With a fortune to be made from ringtones, advertising and computer games, the literary estate of Edgar Rice Burroughs, the author who created Tarzan, is keen to protect the sound. But the EU trademark authority has ruled that, although it is possible to protect sounds that can be represented by musical notes, Tarzan’s cry does not qualify.
