»YELLOW MONOCHROME«, 2008 by A kills B.
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»Song of Solomon«, 2006 is an aleatoric audio collage, an 8-channel audio installation that samples many versions of ‘Mbube’, aka ‘Wimoweh’ aka ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’, in a sonic tribute to the song’s dead author Solomon Linda. By Julian Jonker and Ralph Borland.
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Portable Subwoofer For Your MacBook
Not happy with your MacBook speakers? Sound a little flat don’t they? The Bassjump is a USB powered subwoofer that turns your MacBook into a sweet sound system. It looks like an aluminum Mac mini which perfectly compliments the new unibody aluminum MacBooks. Hit the jump for my review.
Don’t get me wrong, the built-in speakers are pretty sweet but if your computer doubles as your stereo, you might want to invest in this awesome little peripheral. The Bassjump makes sound fuller and richer by enhancing the mid and low frequencies. The software drivers come with snazzy analog VU meters but they’re really just for effect. The fact that you use customized audio profiles to meet your needs makes it even better. I myself prefer to use the “electronic” profile because I love full bass and treble when listening to my tunes.
As always it’s difficult to review anything having to do with audio because so much of that is subjective. Although my MacBook isn’t my primary audio system, it is the hub for all my media. Aside from listening to music, I always watch DVD’s and videos online. Everything benefits from the enhanced sounds. It doesn’t make anything sound louder or provide that bone rattling shake you automatically associate with a powerful subwoofer, but it does add to the overall experience. I love my Bassjump.
What we loved:
- Beautiful design, clean and matches the Mac aesthetic
- Richer, fuller sounds
- Simple installation
- Compatible with MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air
- Affordable, only $80
What could be improved:
- Wouldn’t mind if it were a bit punchier and more powerful
Specs:
Drive Unit 77mm subwoofer speaker cone
Frequency range -6dB at 50Hz-20kHz
Signal-to-noise ratio 80dB
Connection USB minijack
Designer: Twelve South [ Buy it here ]
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One Loud Table
From the creator of Pepper Knuckles and Music Blocks comes this wild and crazy table for your music collection. It’s called “Amusity” and it’s rather full of music and amusement, if I do say so myself. The designer Idan Arbel says that this is a tangible user interface coffee table for your entire music library. Toss it all on there and let the circus begin.
You can play music videos, access information on the artist, song, album, etcetera, and using such information control the flow of the songs. Meta data like popularity and genres control the way the music is displayed, with popular songs in the center, rarer songs emanating outward.
Activating one song or video will reveal a list of possible paths you might take toward other recommended songs, and then there’s the objects.
The objects are what control the music and video. The circle pieces are the speakers (really nice speakers it seems from the video) – wherever you place them on the board, that’s what song plays.
The Rectangle with antenna are the ones that activate the music videos. You can place them both, or just one at a time. There’s a plus object that shows textual information, and a dome that controls the view of the whole situation, allowing you to zoom in or out.
Fun!
Designer: Idan Arbel
Vist the Source: Yanko Design
Coz I’m In A Mushy Mood
At YD we are getting all charged up about Valentines, Ah! We are the lovable bunch, how else do you think our multi-cultural team would survive! And here’s the perfect example of how we should be spreading our love….by sharing our music! Music in Love Audio Splitter is cute coz it’s in the predictable Heart-Shape! The splitter is designed with one jack connecting to a MP3 player, and two other ports for 3.5mm head phone jacks.
Hook up more splitters to collectively listen to music, however that would really look weird! So if there’s plenty of you, just hook the music source via the splitter to some speakers instead! What a way to spread LOVE!
Designer: Chris NG for Fadtronics
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