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6:01pm
Bas NL:
Hi Mark! All! Ohhww, i love electronic music!
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6:01pm
Joey C says:
Greetings Mark. it's been a long time. I'm not usually sitting in front of my PC with the ability to text. I'm typically mobile at this time of day. Have a great show. Wellcome all.
6:06pm
kirk from berkeley:
Hello! This is Kirk Pearson (the interviewee). Thanks for having me on, Mark! Happy to answer questions as this goes on live.
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6:06pm
Wendy del Formaggio:
Hello Mark! I'm not going anywhere tonight, so I get to listen live.
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6:06pm
Mennlinn Rebarts:
This is great! I've been trying to get myself back into homemade audio projects.
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6:08pm
Joey C says:
I have a Raspberry Pi sitting around doing nothing. Hoping that will change.
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6:08pm
Mark Hurst:
Hi ultra, Handy, DiL, newton, chresti, Bas, Joey, PaulR, webham, disco_nap, MarkT, Spikey, beubombersune, DjL, cosmic, Deano, Wendy, and Mennlinn!
I got a Raspberry Pi this week and already have it running a LAMP stack (powerful enough website)
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6:10pm
dale:
i used to get publications from the xtal set society, plans to build crystal radios. this guys book sounds interesting.
6:10pm
Marc:
I couldn’t message during the stone carvers show. My gramps was a stone cutter who worked on tons of NYC construction in the 1920”s and 30’s. Thanks for the show!
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6:10pm
Barney Grubbs:
It is a great book! It’s a good complement to Nicolas Collins’ Handmade Electronic Music
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6:10pm
Wendy del Formaggio:
Hello Kirk! I will reach out to you from my work email address some time soon. I'm working on an electronic music festival at the library where I work, and I want to have some hands-on components.
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6:11pm
herb.nyc:
Simple speakers. Maybe sebadoh did this at the start
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6:11pm
dale:
i have some microwave magnets....do those work even though they have a big hole in the center?
Coming from a dude that does have mechanical skills, you have not been exposed to that. mechanical skill require repetition. If you can type, you can weld
6:12pm
kirk from berkeley:
Hey everyone! @Henry AWESOME! Brian is a cool, cool guy (and very kind, which is honestly the most important thing!)
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6:12pm
PaulRobeson1925:
Ok ok ok. Paper plate, wire. Magnet either side of the plate…
I saw something terrible on a paper plate under the subway two days ago. I won’t say what it was but it was in the corner and ummm it was bad
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6:12pm
Bas NL:
Super project, building a speaker! (Trust me.. i'm an electronics engineer.)
6:13pm
kirk from berkeley:
@herb I think we talk about how drum machines didn’t end up killing the percussion industry and how that may or may not be a good analog for thinking about generative AI
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6:13pm
newton:
small magnets can be dangerous. dont swallow small powerful rare earth magnets!
6:14pm
kirk from berkeley:
@barney Indeed! Nic Collins turned a generation of folks onto this stuff, I highly recommend his book
6:14pm
kirk from berkeley:
@wendy that sounds awesome—please do reach out!
6:15pm
jan:
Paper Plate speaker- had to look that up on line...Needs a cylindrical magnet and a paper tube that the magnet can slide in and out of. Looks construction. This show needs illustrations posted on the play list.
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6:15pm
herb.nyc:
“”We’re not engineers. We went to music school”. Cute
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6:15pm
dale:
i recapped a realistic am radio from the 70s that was totally dead. i was proud when i heard voices come out of it.
There are big magnets made to feed to cows to pull bits of metal they accidentally eat into a (safer) ball .. kind of hard to believe: www.iflscience.com...
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6:22pm
cosmic matrix:
never knew that about XOR gates making noise! cool.
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6:22pm
chresti:
Kirk's voice reminds me of Jesse Jarnow's voice
6:23pm
kirk from berkeley:
yeah! all the old drum machines are kinda comical in how they work. it’s all circuits that skeumorphically resemble drums
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6:23pm
Wendy del Formaggio:
Big Blood's most recent album, "Electric Voyeur," was recorded using all electronic instruments the band made themselves, using a book about how to make them, by Nicholas Collins. dontrustheruin.bandcamp.com...
Hi Kirk!! I am building a pinball machine from scratch. I am currently working on a prototype at scale. I can fabricate all necessary parts & wire the bumpers. My main issue is I want to program music & program it to play music when it hits one of the bumpers. I know, tall order. I am an excellent solderer so that wont be an issue either. Would one of your classes possibly help me or at least set me up on the right path
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6:25pm
dale:
for you homeowners who may replace a washing machine someday - pull the motor and control boards because there is a TON of multicolored wiring in there in the harnesses. perfect project fodder.
6:26pm
MAL:
Great show! I'm in Providence RI. I hold DIY workshops where we make music electronics like synths, fuzz and other effects. Here's my Altoids Theremin: https://fb.watch/xeBhher_Js/
6:26pm
kirk from berkeley:
@derek you won’t believe this… i repair pinball machines in my spare time! so i absolutely adore this project! the book/workshops would certainly give you a lot of ideas, but it really depends what you want! it’s much easier to have prerecorded samples that toggle from the pinball machine, but also potentially less fun!
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6:26pm
cosmic matrix:
anyone around who can help me troubleshoot an elka synthex chorus circuit? BBD.
My eyesight and fine motor skills aren't what they used to be! But with some support, I can still get some wok done. But I don't have facilities for surface mount stuff.
oooh oooh oooh! thanks BAS NL! I have the schematics too, they seem to be mostly correct! ;) Dude, I’d love to discuss with you sometime if you have a moment!
I've read that Howard Devoto & Pete Shelley met at a tech college where they were both trying to build synths from instructions in a monthly magazine .
Bernard Sumner was also trying to this too.
Chris Carter built the 'gristliser' effect boxes for TG.
Oh the treasures that passes through your hands for repair. You must have come across some classics. A friend of mine suggested a rasberry pi. im not against pre-recorded music. The theme is of a 60s psych rockband. I'm not against using digital components.
I have a whole lot of weird new-old and rescued stock parts from the founder of Circuit Bending Reed Ghazala.
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6:36pm
Barney Grubbs:
Henry Barnes from Man is the Bastard/Amps for Christ always had a stack of weird home-built tube synths stacked up over his guitar amp. WT Nelson from mitb (& Geronimo & other bands) makes great noise synths under the Trogotronic name
Really!? That's awesome. Never met him. I remember reading about him whatever it was ago. Decade or more possibly.
Circuit bending is the best.
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6:37pm
herb.nyc:
Mark compels me to mention my boss’s non profit, re ewaste- www.lesecologycenter.org... and it’s ridgewood in queens on Saturday, next
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6:37pm
zachary:
Here's an old set of samples from a VTech speaking "ed" box. Lots of fund:
I unwittingly ordered some surface mount pcbs about the time I really started needing reading glasses. Got through it but in no hurry to squint at a burning board again anytime soon.
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6:39pm
Franco Twinkie:
Our microwave oven abruptly stopped working. I realized it was the fuse. However, I found out pretty damn quick I needed a special tool that cost a billion dollars to remove the back
Fuck you Panasonic, I'll throw the oven off a bridge before I spent another cent on this piece of crap.
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6:39pm
ultradamno:
I think a lot of that came from 70s synth paranoia over the idea this keyboard would put all the other instruments into obsolescence (Rachel Sweet had a song called Girl With The Synthesizer that spoke to that "she's getting her enjoyment/we're on unemployment"
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6:39pm
zachary:
Generative AI: The Hot Dogs of Art
lol I think I still have one of those lying around…that I hadn’t bent yet! I discovered that there’s a whole list of naughty words the thing won’t say! It’s fun trying to figure out they are!
you just need to short the capacitor with a long insulated screwdriver.
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6:41pm
herb.nyc:
Extrude, haha. Let’s tell Andy breckman-“so Kenny, yr tiny little radio station has been extruding unlistenable music for HOW LONG?”
oh wow! Super cool. His designs are great and what he does with a laser cutter is impressive.
6:41pm
carlos danger:
Paul Schrader loves generative AI and says it writes better screenplays and gives better notes that humans: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/paul-schrader-chatgpt-ai-script-ideas-b2682966.html
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6:46pm
ultradamno:
There was an interesting line on the CIA drama The Agency last night that sums up a lot this show "that device you're holding is surveilling you 24/7...also it's keeping you distracted, you miss the important things (finger gun to the head) bang"
As a kid I built a few electronics projects also: crystal radio, a simple transistor radio, and even a very simple synthesizer. All from purchased kits.
I demonstrated my synthesizer in music class in middle school.
6:50pm
goes211:
Thank you, Mark…look forward to “good” technology shows.
I’m not sure what he’s up to lately. Last I heard he was doing performances with his light orbs and such.
6:52pm
kirk from berkeley:
thank you all so much! a real unique privilege to be on this show—thanks for having me on, Mark, and thanks for all your questions. please feel free to be in touch! our contact info is on dogbotic.com
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6:52pm
zachary:
We should compile a sample library from WFMU listeners.
6:53pm
morphe':
Thanks Mark and Kirk Pearson, author, "Electronic Music From Scratch" and all ...
Listener comments!
: Mark! Techtonposers!
Handy Haversack: Mark! Techyons!
David (in London): Evening Mark and all Technoids.
newton: I made a radio transmitter once, a kit from Tandy Corp in the early 70s
chresti: Hi Mark and techtonicians!
Bas NL: Hi Mark! All! Ohhww, i love electronic music!
Joey C says: Greetings Mark. it's been a long time. I'm not usually sitting in front of my PC with the ability to text. I'm typically mobile at this time of day. Have a great show. Wellcome all.
Joey C says: Love me some Gizmos
PaulRobeson1925: Hola
Webhamster Henry: Hi Friends! I have a bunch of 5" and 7" tape reels of noises I made building oscillators in the late 60s and early 70s.
Webhamster Henry:
↳ Webhamster Henry @6:02
I still have a lot of parts that are waiting for the right project.Webhamster Henry: Meanwhile, check out the Dewanatrons: dewanatron.com
disco_nap_: Here for the words that will help me survive this awful inauguration day. 😭
Mark T: Howdy Mark
Spikey BXL: Hi Mark, luddites
bleubombersune: Mark That was the equation! Existence! Survival! Must Cancel Out Programming! thank you Ruk
DjLorraine: Hey
cosmic matrix: oooh this is gonna be a good one!
herb.nyc: Hi hi. Audio gizmos? Cool. But I think I lack mechanical skills
Deano de los Muertos: Hi Mark !
kirk from berkeley: Hello! This is Kirk Pearson (the interviewee). Thanks for having me on, Mark! Happy to answer questions as this goes on live.
Wendy del Formaggio: Hello Mark! I'm not going anywhere tonight, so I get to listen live.
Mennlinn Rebarts: This is great! I've been trying to get myself back into homemade audio projects.
Joey C says: I have a Raspberry Pi sitting around doing nothing. Hoping that will change.
Mark Hurst: Hi ultra, Handy, DiL, newton, chresti, Bas, Joey, PaulR, webham, disco_nap, MarkT, Spikey, beubombersune, DjL, cosmic, Deano, Wendy, and Mennlinn!
Webhamster Henry:
↳ kirk from berkeley @6:06
Hi Kirk! I'm an old friend of Brian Dewan's which is why I posted that Dewanatron link up there.Mark Hurst:
↳ kirk from berkeley @6:06
Kirk! Thanks so much for joining us!herb.nyc:
↳ kirk from berkeley @6:06
Wait. If yr really the SAME Kirk, give us a spoiler from this interview. But don’t spoil it too much for us. ThxPaulRobeson1925: Freedom of expression! babyyyyy
Webhamster Henry:
↳ Joey C says @6:08
I got a Raspberry Pi this week and already have it running a LAMP stack (powerful enough website)dale: i used to get publications from the xtal set society, plans to build crystal radios. this guys book sounds interesting.
Marc: I couldn’t message during the stone carvers show. My gramps was a stone cutter who worked on tons of NYC construction in the 1920”s and 30’s. Thanks for the show!
Barney Grubbs: It is a great book! It’s a good complement to Nicolas Collins’ Handmade Electronic Music
Wendy del Formaggio: Hello Kirk! I will reach out to you from my work email address some time soon. I'm working on an electronic music festival at the library where I work, and I want to have some hands-on components.
herb.nyc: Simple speakers. Maybe sebadoh did this at the start
dale: i have some microwave magnets....do those work even though they have a big hole in the center?
TheDerek:
↳ herb.nyc @6:05
Coming from a dude that does have mechanical skills, you have not been exposed to that. mechanical skill require repetition. If you can type, you can weldkirk from berkeley: Hey everyone! @Henry AWESOME! Brian is a cool, cool guy (and very kind, which is honestly the most important thing!)
PaulRobeson1925: Ok ok ok. Paper plate, wire. Magnet either side of the plate…
I saw something terrible on a paper plate under the subway two days ago. I won’t say what it was but it was in the corner and ummm it was bad
Bas NL: Super project, building a speaker! (Trust me.. i'm an electronics engineer.)
herb.nyc:
↳ TheDerek @6:12
Thx! Am an excellent typist!kirk from berkeley: @herb I think we talk about how drum machines didn’t end up killing the percussion industry and how that may or may not be a good analog for thinking about generative AI
newton: small magnets can be dangerous. dont swallow small powerful rare earth magnets!
kirk from berkeley: @barney Indeed! Nic Collins turned a generation of folks onto this stuff, I highly recommend his book
mndave:
↳ PaulRobeson1925 @6:12
It had a story to tell, but only if it was given wire and magnets!herb.nyc:
↳ kirk from berkeley @6:13
Thx. But you’ve said too much; we know the ending. Well, you meant wellchresti:
↳ Bas NL @6:12
I believe it!kirk from berkeley: @wendy that sounds awesome—please do reach out!
jan: Paper Plate speaker- had to look that up on line...Needs a cylindrical magnet and a paper tube that the magnet can slide in and out of. Looks construction. This show needs illustrations posted on the play list.
herb.nyc: “”We’re not engineers. We went to music school”. Cute
dale: i recapped a realistic am radio from the 70s that was totally dead. i was proud when i heard voices come out of it.
Webhamster Henry:
↳ newton @6:13
There are big magnets made to feed to cows to pull bits of metal they accidentally eat into a (safer) ball .. kind of hard to believe: www.iflscience.com...Bas NL: 555?
dale:
↳ mndave @6:14
a pooper plate speaker perhaps.cosmic matrix: built a 555 oscillator when i was a kid, thanks to forest mims!
tim: Hiya Mark, Kirk and everyone! Great conversatio!
ultradamno: Build your own neural synth spectrum.ieee.org...
Webhamster Henry:
↳ kirk from berkeley @6:12
Brian did a show last week, take a look: greenkill.substack.com...kirk from berkeley: never underestimate a 555™️
tim: Did Richard James/Aphex Twin make some of his own electronics.
herb.nyc: This show segues into wfmu Theremin show at Monty hall, kinda
kirk from berkeley: @tim I think so!
Webhamster Henry:
↳ kirk from berkeley @6:18
or 556 (two 555s on a chip)cosmic matrix: never knew that about XOR gates making noise! cool.
chresti: Kirk's voice reminds me of Jesse Jarnow's voice
kirk from berkeley: yeah! all the old drum machines are kinda comical in how they work. it’s all circuits that skeumorphically resemble drums
Wendy del Formaggio: Big Blood's most recent album, "Electric Voyeur," was recorded using all electronic instruments the band made themselves, using a book about how to make them, by Nicholas Collins. dontrustheruin.bandcamp.com...
newton: its a peter halley painting
TheDerek:
↳ kirk from berkeley @6:06
Hi Kirk!! I am building a pinball machine from scratch. I am currently working on a prototype at scale. I can fabricate all necessary parts & wire the bumpers. My main issue is I want to program music & program it to play music when it hits one of the bumpers. I know, tall order. I am an excellent solderer so that wont be an issue either. Would one of your classes possibly help me or at least set me up on the right pathdale: for you homeowners who may replace a washing machine someday - pull the motor and control boards because there is a TON of multicolored wiring in there in the harnesses. perfect project fodder.
Webhamster Henry: You can make a theremin with a hex inverter logic chip : theremin.us...
Webhamster Henry:
↳ dale @6:25
Same for landline telephony!MAL: Great show! I'm in Providence RI. I hold DIY workshops where we make music electronics like synths, fuzz and other effects. Here's my Altoids Theremin: https://fb.watch/xeBhher_Js/
Layet J: I LOVE Techtonic!!
kirk from berkeley: @derek you won’t believe this… i repair pinball machines in my spare time! so i absolutely adore this project! the book/workshops would certainly give you a lot of ideas, but it really depends what you want! it’s much easier to have prerecorded samples that toggle from the pinball machine, but also potentially less fun!
cosmic matrix: anyone around who can help me troubleshoot an elka synthex chorus circuit? BBD.
tom tom the pipers son: its quite beautiful
dale: 'com pu pu pu pu pu pu pu pu computer games'
kirk from berkeley: a note: i did edit the hell out of those recordings (they’re not that reliably clean when played live)
H: so exciting and inspiring, thank you!!
Webhamster Henry: I got tired of the smell of solder, so I mostly write my synthesizers instead.
dale:
↳ Webhamster Henry @6:25
i have a big new roll, maybe 500 feet. isn't that too small a guage to be able to plit and work with?zachary:
↳ Webhamster Henry @6:28
Ha! Do you miss soldering sometimes?Bas NL:
↳ cosmic matrix @6:26
I got schematics for the Elka Synthex, if that helps? And i might give some guidance...tom tom the pipers son: @ mark...change your theme song.... new one's better
The Oscar: Just ordered Kirk’s book for a friend’s birthday! Great show :)
Webhamster Henry:
↳ zachary @6:28
My eyesight and fine motor skills aren't what they used to be! But with some support, I can still get some wok done. But I don't have facilities for surface mount stuff.cosmic matrix:
↳ Bas NL @6:29
oooh oooh oooh! thanks BAS NL! I have the schematics too, they seem to be mostly correct! ;) Dude, I’d love to discuss with you sometime if you have a moment!cosmic matrix:
↳ cosmic matrix @6:31
sent u my contact infozachary: Say no the DMCA.
San Pedro Girl: Hi Mark and all!
Avspuk:
↳ tim @6:18
It would not surprise me.I've read that Howard Devoto & Pete Shelley met at a tech college where they were both trying to build synths from instructions in a monthly magazine .
Bernard Sumner was also trying to this too.
Chris Carter built the 'gristliser' effect boxes for TG.
& then there's Conny Plank
Bas NL:
↳ cosmic matrix @6:32
Yes, do!Webhamster Henry: "No User Serviceable Parts Inside" << like waving a red cape at a circuit bender.
morphe':
↳ MAL @6:26
Well that is really cool ...take it you have seen the Theremin Doc:
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
1993
PG
1h 23m
zachary: I find this same discover to the free software and hardware movements.
en.wikipedia.org...
There are a lot of crazy circuits out there.
Reminds me of early Casper Electronics from Chicago.
www.youtube.com...
TheDerek:
↳ kirk from berkeley @6:26
Oh the treasures that passes through your hands for repair. You must have come across some classics. A friend of mine suggested a rasberry pi. im not against pre-recorded music. The theme is of a 60s psych rockband. I'm not against using digital components.tom tom the pipers son:
↳ morphe' @6:33
how much leon theremin bio is in the doc?Mennlinn Rebarts: Wish I could drive to radio shack right now and rifle through the component drawers.
Never can have enough 555's!
Webhamster Henry:
↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:34
A whole lot. He was still alive while it was being made!cosmic matrix:
↳ zachary @6:34
I know the Casper Electronics guy! He lives a few towns away. Super nice fellow.Ken From Hyde Park: Hello, Mark & Kirk. Would be cool to hear the Simpsons theme on a homemade device.
zachary:
↳ Webhamster Henry @6:30
Yeah. I need to do a little surface mount worked. Destroyed that area of the area removing too much. Ha!I have some kits in the basement to do with the family.
That's great you can do it with a bit of support, still. Any circuits you have been wanting to build?
Menlo Park: Isn't Trouble organizing a Theremin class
cosmic matrix: Discovered this fellow lately —> www.noystoise.com
morphe':
↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:34
That is what it is about ... not tech talk ... his life ... well worth watching ...cosmic matrix:
↳ cosmic matrix @6:35
his name is Peter Edwards.Webhamster Henry:
↳ zachary @6:35
I have a whole lot of weird new-old and rescued stock parts from the founder of Circuit Bending Reed Ghazala.Barney Grubbs: Henry Barnes from Man is the Bastard/Amps for Christ always had a stack of weird home-built tube synths stacked up over his guitar amp. WT Nelson from mitb (& Geronimo & other bands) makes great noise synths under the Trogotronic name
zachary:
↳ cosmic matrix @6:35
Really!? That's awesome. Never met him. I remember reading about him whatever it was ago. Decade or more possibly.Circuit bending is the best.
herb.nyc: Mark compels me to mention my boss’s non profit, re ewaste- www.lesecologycenter.org... and it’s ridgewood in queens on Saturday, next
zachary: Here's an old set of samples from a VTech speaking "ed" box. Lots of fund:
freesound.org...
tom tom the pipers son:
↳ Webhamster Henry @6:35
right, lived into 90's...forgot... i know some of his story...wireless security systems, cryogenics, but would like to know more.... i'll rent itcosmic matrix:
↳ Webhamster Henry @6:36
Super cool. I used to read Experimental Musical Instruments magazine…recognized his name from thereherb.nyc: Bells ringing; Evan funk Davies is singing “you can ring my bell”🎶
kirk from berkeley: @cosmic yeah! bart hopkin is a good good friend of Dogbotic, and a master builder
cosmic matrix:
↳ zachary @6:36
He was last living in the Czeck Republic working for some synth company. Now he’s around here. Still building (and performing w/) cool shit.tom tom the pipers son:
↳ morphe' @6:36
ah, was wondering if it was more about clara rockmore....zachary:
↳ cosmic matrix @6:37
That wasn't a real magazine, was it?Webhamster Henry:
↳ cosmic matrix @6:37
I was the only experimental software builder that was featured in EMI (www.echonyc.com... )Barney Grubbs:
↳ zachary @6:35
I unwittingly ordered some surface mount pcbs about the time I really started needing reading glasses. Got through it but in no hurry to squint at a burning board again anytime soon.Franco Twinkie: Our microwave oven abruptly stopped working. I realized it was the fuse. However, I found out pretty damn quick I needed a special tool that cost a billion dollars to remove the back
Fuck you Panasonic, I'll throw the oven off a bridge before I spent another cent on this piece of crap.
ultradamno: I think a lot of that came from 70s synth paranoia over the idea this keyboard would put all the other instruments into obsolescence (Rachel Sweet had a song called Girl With The Synthesizer that spoke to that "she's getting her enjoyment/we're on unemployment"
zachary: Generative AI: The Hot Dogs of Art
newton:
↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:38
there was another doc around the mid 90s about clara, saw it at film forumultradamno:
↳ ultradamno @6:39
)cosmic matrix:
↳ zachary @6:37
lol I think I still have one of those lying around…that I hadn’t bent yet! I discovered that there’s a whole list of naughty words the thing won’t say! It’s fun trying to figure out they are!dale:
↳ Franco Twinkie @6:39
you just need to short the capacitor with a long insulated screwdriver.herb.nyc: Extrude, haha. Let’s tell Andy breckman-“so Kenny, yr tiny little radio station has been extruding unlistenable music for HOW LONG?”
tom tom the pipers son:
↳ newton @6:40
i might be conflating the two...:PWebhamster Henry:
↳ zachary @6:39
I keep trying to get Suno to spit out nonsense (like you heard in the New Year's With Ken show)zachary:
↳ Barney Grubbs @6:39
Ha! Life's timing is hilarious. Glad you made it through.I have a small, inexpensive USB handheld microscope with a little mount. Helps with my poor eye sight.
cosmic matrix:
↳ kirk from berkeley @6:38
oh wow! Super cool. His designs are great and what he does with a laser cutter is impressive.carlos danger: Paul Schrader loves generative AI and says it writes better screenplays and gives better notes that humans: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/paul-schrader-chatgpt-ai-script-ideas-b2682966.html
cosmic matrix:
↳ zachary @6:39
It was newsprint, kind of like Maximum Rock’n'RollWebhamster Henry:
↳ zachary @6:41
Breadboards at least avoid soldering issues!morphe':
↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:38
She is a big part of it, but it is about him ... avoiding spoilers here ..bearded wonder: Really enjoying this show!
cosmic matrix:
↳ Webhamster Henry @6:39
super cool! i will take a peek later!zachary:
↳ cosmic matrix @6:38
How cool. Now he has Czech Republic sync knowledge. Filters. Oscillators. Logic circuits. Ha!Where's he building? Does he have any instruments online?
zachary: Oh no! ALL THE SOCIALS!
Webhamster Henry: Good old archive.org has ALL the EMI issues.
archive.org...
zachary:
↳ cosmic matrix @6:42
Huh. I'll look for archives online.Thanks for sharing. That's a great rabbit hole.
zachary:
↳ Webhamster Henry @6:42
Hear, hear.tom tom the pipers son:
↳ carlos danger @6:41
maybe paul schrader has the talent to work with a.i. like maybe julia child could have made cuisine out of hot dogszachary:
↳ Webhamster Henry @6:44
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! That is a wish I just made, but hadn't opened a new tab.Thanks for looking and linking.
tom tom the pipers son:
↳ morphe' @6:42
ok...def watchingcosmic matrix:
↳ zachary @6:43
He works for Soundtoys. I think he just builds stuff in his home workshop, but not sure. Also not sure what his latest projects are, unfortunately.Webhamster Henry:
↳ zachary @6:44
I have about 65% of them physically...Bob Tankenstein: Really enjoyed this interview! Thanks Kirk! Thanks Mark!
carlos danger:
↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:44
human judgement of ai output definitely plays a major role, i would saycosmic matrix:
↳ Webhamster Henry @6:44
no way! sweeeeet!joe_rosevear: Well, that was swell!
ultradamno: There was an interesting line on the CIA drama The Agency last night that sums up a lot this show "that device you're holding is surveilling you 24/7...also it's keeping you distracted, you miss the important things (finger gun to the head) bang"
zachary:
↳ Webhamster Henry @6:45
I never knew that about you Henry.Mark T: Great interview. I've been in electronics for 45 plus years and it's great to see someone trying to bring it to the masses.
cosmic matrix: super cool topic. you know, there could be a whole weekly show about this kinda stuff…...
zachary:
↳ cosmic matrix @6:45
Thanks. You should see if he also wants to be on Techtonic's new circuit bending series.Ha!
Webhamster Henry:
↳ zachary @6:46
Right next to that bulging folder is a similarly sized collection of Autoharpoholic magazine.yippie: i know a girl named rhianna and then she changed her named to remac so people don't confuse her with the singer
tim: Thanks, Mark! I really appreciate the last 2 Techtonics. Such a great antidote to our current state of society.
zachary:
↳ kirk from berkeley @6:12
Sorry I missed you at the start of the show, kirk. We were eating dinner.Deano de los Muertos: Great show, Mark! Really enjoyed the guests the last 2 weeks
Bas NL: Thanks for spreading your enthusiasm, Kirk!
morphe':
↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:44
Here it is free and no commercials= Internet Archive:archive.org...
cosmic matrix:
↳ zachary @6:47
He’s pretty reclusive, but lemme know if you need to contact him for any good reason.Deano de los Muertos: Thanks Kirk!
tom tom the pipers son:
↳ morphe' @6:48
oh thx so much...!cosmic matrix: Kirk, you rock! Thanks dude
zachary:
↳ Webhamster Henry @6:47
No! That's wild. I love it. I really enjoy seeing publications. That is the most fun section of Ubuweb.chresti: Thanks Mark and Kirk!
joe_rosevear:
↳ newton @6:01
Cool.As a kid I built a few electronics projects also: crystal radio, a simple transistor radio, and even a very simple synthesizer. All from purchased kits.
I demonstrated my synthesizer in music class in middle school.
goes211: Thank you, Mark…look forward to “good” technology shows.
zachary:
↳ cosmic matrix @6:49
Thanks. I'll see if he's alive on some forum or something.I always enjoyed his work, so if he was making new things, I'd definitely check them out.
Handy Haversack: Thanks, Mark, Kirk!
Webhamster Henry: Well, this show was clearly up my alley.
zachary: Thanks, Kirk. Thanks, Mark. Thanks everyone on the boards!
Everyone take a picture of some circuitry that you have and make it your profile. There's a million of you on these boards.
tom tom the pipers son: thanks mark and kirk and listeners
cosmic matrix:
↳ zachary @6:51
I’m not sure what he’s up to lately. Last I heard he was doing performances with his light orbs and such.kirk from berkeley: thank you all so much! a real unique privilege to be on this show—thanks for having me on, Mark, and thanks for all your questions. please feel free to be in touch! our contact info is on dogbotic.com
zachary: We should compile a sample library from WFMU listeners.
morphe': Thanks Mark and Kirk Pearson, author, "Electronic Music From Scratch" and all ...
newton:
↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:41
looks like this film from 1993 is the film that was shown are FF in 95.zachary: I'm going to go make some electronic music myself. Ha!
Cheers!
Webhamster Henry:
↳ zachary @6:52
.. to complement the old 7" box set "Sounds Of The Northeastern Freeform DJ" www.discogs.com...tom tom the pipers son:
↳ newton @6:53
ah...i learned details about theremin from the podcast 500 songs that went on a long tangent about theremin while being about good vibrationsbleubombersune: Mark great show All stray safe and be well
Bas NL: I've got a Theremin.. it's difficult to play!
cosmic matrix: thanks, mark! lovely lovely
Bas NL: Thanks Mark and Kirk!!
Wendy del Formaggio: Yay! Thanks, Mark and Kirk!
Webhamster Henry: BTW people are dumping Facebook almost as fast they are Exiting "X" (which should be aded to the sign off)
Barney Grubbs: Thanks!
Wendy del Formaggio:
↳ Song: "DIY Techtonic theme song" by "Kirk Pearson"
I love this!Franco Twinkie: Great show Mark and Kirk!
Wendy del Formaggio:
↳ Song: "Tempo Block" by "Raymond Scott"
I also love this!ultradamno: Musk edits his own salute moment www.mirror.co.uk...
Mark Hurst: Thanks, everyone!
zachary:
↳ Webhamster Henry @6:54
Hell yeah! I didn't know about that 7" collection. It was before my time with WFMU by a few years.But the styles are right up my alley:
Musique Concrète, Spoken Word, Freestyle, Field Recording, Novelty, Noise, Free Improvisation, Radioplay, Experimental, Parody
Now I have to look for an MP3 version.