Artist Jeremy LeClair, of Various Artists Records, had these beautiful glass resonating phonograph horns made for him by glass artist Joe Forestall and now he can acoustically play to two different parts of a record at the same time!
I love the simplicity and beauty of Robert Howsare’s record player-based drawing apparatus. Be sure to watch the video of it in action; you’ll find it quite mesmerizing to see the device generate its Spirograph-like patterns. According to Wired, Robert made the device out of second-hand turntables, a few slats of wood, screws, and a sharpie held in place with a clothes pin.
What would a tree sound like if a cross section of it were played like an LP? Bartholomäus Traubeck attempts to find out.
Now, I know there will be some die hard vinyl-philes out there prone to fussing about the lost connection of tactile feedback or the degree of skill required to match turntable beats. But lets face it, all practices evolve, music being no exception, and the Multi-Touch Light Table is such a thoughtfully conceived and artfully crafted piece of UI that even the analog evangelists won’t be able to deny its merits.
Jeff Klarin and Rebecca Johnson of Bughouse have some wonderfully nostalgic pieces in their music art collection. Pictured above are the Wooden Turntable (heat transfer photo on knotty pine wood) and The Birth of Punk, New Wave and Hardcore (faux-photographic reproduction of cassettes; giclee on canvas). Just looking at the tape collection makes me feel […]
Thiago Teixeira made this Coin Sequencer, which allows you to lay down tracks using spare change. It’s an older project (from before 2005?), but is new to me.
After successfully making his own delightfully funky but functional US$5 wooden tonearm, German maker Charles Altmann decided to keep a-goin and try his hand at creating a wooden turntable to go with it. He built the whole thing for around $50. The Altmann DIY Turntable [via No Tech Magazine]
