Q:Hello there, I am writing to you with regards to the display used on Microwave XTk. Feel lucky to have come across your blog. I have a Microwave XT rack and was hoping to upgrade to a similar display on it. An orange plexiglass looks real nice too :) Would you be kind enough to guide me on where I can acquire the display/backlight, etc. ? Thanks for your attention and hope to have not taken up much of your time. Regards. Jaynil

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Hello, you need a VFD - futaba/noritake and then you cut some plexiglas via a laser (local fablab) or fred aldous manchester/leeds.  I’ll look back on here soon in case you respond and need more info.  There is a dude selling such displays on ebay but ‘true vfd’ is cheaper and looks better than OLED.

“We live in an age of technology in which machines touch every part of our lives. It is not suprising that music has also been influenced by technology.” This 1983 documentary film by director and writer Bernard Wilets examines the basics of analog synthesis, digital sampling and sequencing.


It features music by Jean-Claude Risset, Douglas Leedy, F.R. Moore, Stephan Soomil, Rory Kaplan, Geral Strang and more forgotten geniuses of early electronic music.

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig6vIRmfoNI)

Source: youtube.com

R&S Records newcomer Primitive World, ex-Walls, goes into detail about his process, showing us around his hardware-packed London studio. “The reason I use all this old stuff is to get contrast and context, the different flavours / textures that they...
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R&S Records newcomer Primitive World, ex-Walls, goes into detail about his process, showing us around his hardware-packed London studio.

“The reason I use all this old stuff is to get contrast and context, the different flavours / textures that they give you.  By using all of these different converters, effects, processes, I’m finding that I’m automatically getting more separation than I ever did before working in the computer alone, each sound has a character and personality of its own that is pleasing to the ear. This means I have to work less hard with EQ and compression etc. to achieve a sound that I feel good about.”

https://www.attackmagazine.com/features/my-studio/primitive-world/