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Remember the recent post about binaural beats?
When two tones at slightly different frequencies are presented separately to your ears via headphones, the brain produces a phenomenon resulting in low-frequency pulsations in the loudness of a perceived sound. A beating tone will be perceived, as if the two tones mixed naturally.
According to some research, binaural beats [...]

The world of Chicken Techno videos on YouTube demonstrates what happens when samplers go wild.
Note: Some of these videos may scar you for life.

In 2006, ShowStudio filmed a series of film shorts designed to explore The Sound of Clothes.
Anechoic is a ‘collections story’ project that uses sound instead of visuals to interpret the essence of key garments by leading fashion brands.
A live recording session in a specialist recording studio -a hemi-anechoic chamber- on 1 June 2006 wasused to [...]

Dr. Earth has launched a plan to use hedonism, sex and dance music to save the world.
To forward this goal, Dr. Earth’s first step has been to launch a sustainable clubbing initiative:
Working on the basis that a club should be self sufficient and not a drain on the environment, Club4Climate has come up with the [...]

Stretta’s Matthew Davidson pointed out Cosmo’s latest tip for saving money: wholesale music piracy:
Cosmopolitan’s Bethany Heitman shares a ’shameless money-saving trick’, presumably after penning another fabulous hand-job how-to article:
“Having new tunes is ideal, but shelling out the cash to buy said music hurts. Call up friends, and ask them to burn you a CD of [...]

A London-based DJ is thought to be the first person prosecuted in the UK for selling promotional CDs.
According to a Digital Media Wire report:
A London-based DJ and music critic has been arrested on suspicion of theft and money laundering in connection with his alleged selling of 150 pre-release albums on eBay, according to a statement [...]

If this isn’t stupidtacular, I just don’t know what is.
Modd3d decided to add MIDI control to his microwave. You can see the results above.
This could come in handy at gigs. Right before you take a break, you could heat up some snacks and maybe makes some blender drinks with a few discreet notes on your [...]

Over at Salon, Camille Paglia writes that Barack Obama is a synthesizer:
As an Obama supporter, I of course see things quite differently. Whatever his tactical assertions in the primary trenches, Obama seems to have an open and flexible mind. He is a conciliator and synthesizer, ready to give due respect to opposing views — a [...]