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Human-sized musical interfaces
Human-sized musical interfaces
This year I’ve been thinking about scale. Miniaturisation is unstoppable, but maybe there’s a way we can have our cake and eat it.
Tom Whitwell
May 10, 2020
Everything I know about Spring Reverb
Everything I know about Spring Reverb
An Mk2 version of Music Thing Modular’s Spring reverb module went on sale this weekend. These are some notes about what the module does…
Tom Whitwell
Nov 12, 2017
I went to see La Monte Young playing in his New York loft, and you should do the same
I went to see La Monte Young playing in his New York loft, and you should do the same
Inside a photography-free world of 33.6 hour days, 77-note drones, fifty year collaborations and music designed to carry you away to…
Tom Whitwell
Oct 28, 2017
Chord Organ: The easiest way to get simple chords from a modular synth
Chord Organ: The easiest way to get simple chords from a modular synth
Chord Organ is a free new firmware for the Music Thing Modular Radio Music module. It gives the module a completely different function…
Tom Whitwell
Mar 3, 2017
How I recorded an album in an evening with a lunchbox modular and a python script
How I recorded an album in an evening with a lunchbox modular and a python script
Before saying anything else, it’s worth acknowledging that, as an album, it’s neither long nor good. But it is an album, and it is finished…
Tom Whitwell
Dec 9, 2016
How to build an electric mbira from titanium bicycle spokes and radio controlled boat parts
How to build an electric mbira from titanium bicycle spokes and radio controlled boat parts
It started with an Instagram post from Meng Qi, a fantastic musical instrument designer from Beijing.
Tom Whitwell
Jun 5, 2016
How to get started writing your own firmware for Mutable Instruments Clouds
How to get started writing your own firmware for Mutable Instruments Clouds
Over the last few months I’ve been learning the basics of DSP programming using a Mutable Instruments Clouds synth module. It’s been a lot…
Tom Whitwell
May 31, 2016
Why open source hardware works for Music Thing Modular
Why open source hardware works for Music Thing Modular
I’ve been designing and publishing open source hardware since 2012, mostly synthesiser modules under the brand Music Thing Modular. (Here’s…
Tom Whitwell
Apr 23, 2016
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