Category: Audio Art

Ken Clinger’s KC Tape Series: A Unique Blend of Styles

Ken Clinger’s KC series of tapes stands as a testament to the art of musical fusion, seamlessly blending elements from various genres to create a captivating and distinctive sonic experience. Within this series, Clinger expertly incorporates spoken word, story-songs, pop melodies, and ambient compositions, resulting in a sound that is both elegantly simple and intricately…

March 15, 2024
Bringing My Old Tascam Porta One 4-Track Recordings Back to Life

My brother, Wayne, hosted the family Thanksgiving dinner this year and I brought one of my old Porta One 4-track cassettes to get some of the old songs of the tape and into my ears again. Wayne purchased a Tascam 424 a few years ago and it was a true blast from the past working…

November 24, 2023
Behind the Sound Pt.3: The Magic of Lo-fi Drums on OP–1 Field

Stockholm-based drummer Morgan Ågren’s studio is a treasure trove of percussion, filled with a medley of instruments and non-instruments. In one corner of Ågren’s home studio, he crafted an extensive array of drum sounds for the OP-1 Field, including kick drums, bass drums, snare sounds, hi-hats, and an assortment of cymbals and metal percussion. His…

November 18, 2023
The Retro Revival: Recording with a 4-Track Cassette Recorder in 2024

In an era where digital technology reigns supreme, there’s a growing trend among musicians and producers that harks back to the roots of home recording: the 4-track cassette recorder. Despite the proliferation of computer Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) and standalone environments like Maschine, Akai Force, Roland SP-404MKII, and OP-1, the humble 4-track cassette recorder has…

November 18, 2023
Citizen DJ: Making Free-to-use, Culturally Significant and underutilized Audio and Video Materials Readily Available and Accessible

Citizen DJ is an innovative project that fuses the cultural richness of the Library of Congress’s audio and video collections with the creativity of the public. The project’s main goal is to inspire new music by making free-to-use, culturally significant, and underutilized audio and video materials readily available and accessible. The project, which is a…

November 12, 2023
Brand New Noise

Richard Upchurch made a simple audio recording unit housed in a wooden box for his nephew who took it to school. Then several teachers wanted one. And before he new it, he was making and designing new music and sound gizmos for a living. The Krankie featured below is just one of the instruments that…

October 24, 2022
Arturia MiniFreak

Arturia’s MiniFreak 6-voice synthesizer comes as a nice surprise to many of us synth crazy home recording artists. In many ways it’s an upgrade from the awesome little MicroFreak. The name gives that away. But in many ways it’s getting its own freak on. Like many of you other synth crazy unfortunates reading this, I…

October 20, 2022
duplication.ca

duplication.ca is a highly recommended manufacturer of cassettes, CDs, vinyl and even VHS tapes. https://www.duplication.ca/

October 10, 2022
Cassette G-Card Template

Reddit user HuecoTanks shared a template for a printable cassette G-Card case.

October 2, 2022
Teenage Enginering PO-80 Record Factory

The Teenage Engineering website describes the PO-80 as: PO-80 record factory is a compact and portable record cutter, made in collaboration with yuri suzuki. engrave and playback 5″ discs with ultra-analog lo-fi sound – simply plug in any audio device to the 3.5 mm audio input and cut your own record in an instant. yep, it’s really that…

October 2, 2022

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