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"GLOSS on the face of it shares little in common with a library. Instead of shelves of books, the room is lined with strange and wonderful electronic instruments: Moog Grandmothers, Korg MS‑20s, an Elektron Digitakt II sampler and a Roland TR‑808 drum machine …"

The UK’s first electronic music library is on a mission to make the synthesiser accessible to all:

https://www.bigissue.com/culture/music/synthesiser-glasgow-library-of-synthesised-sound/?ref=thetonearm.com

The UK’s first electronic music library is on a mission to make the synthesiser accessible to all

At the Glasgow Library of Synthesised Sound, beginners from all walks of life can get their hands on a classic electronic synthesiser.

Big Issue

WeAreDawless Mar 26

Flipboard Tech Desk Mar 26

"So it’s very important, it needs to be nice at first. But then... Yes. Oh, yes."

The Norwegian Consumer Council's "Day in the life of an enshittificator" infomercial might be the best thing we've ever seen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Upf_B9RLQ

#Enshittification #Internet #Technology #CoryDoctorow

A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator

Digital products and services keep getting worse. In the new report Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future, the Norwegian Consumer Council ha...

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WeAreDawless Mar 26

gkrnours Feb 26

I assembled a poly555 from oskitone.com :D
It's an analog polyphonic square wave synthesizer. This means no code involved, it can produce multiple note at once and it make kinda harsh sound.
The case is 3D printed plus a piece of plexiglas and half a dozen nuts and bolts. The plexiglas expose the twenty 555 timer circuits and their led showing which ones are playing, What's not visible is the voltage regulator for the 9v battery and the amplifier for the speaker under the grid,

WeAreDawless Mar 26

oskitone Mar 26

https://buttondown.com/oskitone/archive/space-dice/

Space Dice

A space laser noise machine, an electronic dice machine. A combination space laser noise and electronic dice machine.

Oskitone

WeAreDawless Mar 26

Ars Technica Mar 26

Spotify lawsuit tries to kick Anna's Archive off the web, without much success
Even with court orders, music firms struggle to eliminate notorious shadow library.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/spotify-lawsuit-tries-to-kick-annas-archive-off-the-web-without-much-success/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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WeAreDawless Mar 22

Expect this to be a poster ;)

If you have anything to add/improve. Let me know.

WeAreDawless Mar 22

Ok, someone has to do this..

Music is art

Music made by people using instruments and skill is an Artform. That's where real art happens.

Music with AI isn't an artform. It's a knob, its programmatic, lifeless and without divine inspiration. It's sound by random result. Fine.. if that is what you like, but it's not you, it's not art.

WeAreDawless is an advocate for the creative process and the divine mindspace. Real people, real inspiration.

WeAreDawless Mar 22

This should have been the januari-promises video.

If you are a musician, although this thinking can be applied wide, watch this video. Be honest, and.. get stuff done!
(Tomorrow. It's sunday now.. enjoy your day :)

https://youtu.be/hd3Wf2o5BvI