tune in: recorded sound

Sound recording has come a long way since it was first invented. Contrary to what you might know, Edison was not the first person to achieve the feat. In fact, it was an obscure Frenchman by the name of Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, a printer and bookseller, who was able to capture sound waves that translated onto a visible form on paper. His invention, the phonautograph, is the earliest known sound recording device invented, but it had one drawback: it could not immediately playback the recorded sound. So as time passed, Martinville's invention was overlooked, forgotten, and overshadowed by Edison's own invention.

Mr. Scott de Martinville, without your invention, we would not be able to record our own music today. As an audio aficionado, I salute you.

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And since we're on the topic of recorded sound, check out the 10 Most Bizzare Sounds You Haven't Heard, courtesy of SmashingLists.com:

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Looking towards the future, David Schwartz (the inventor of the mp3 format), is building a laser/smoke microphone which promises to be the most accurate way to capture sound. I'm not sure if I'll ever find a use for it in the studio, much less be able to afford it when it is eventually released, but it is just too damn cool not to post it here.




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To finish things off, I stumbled across the SPL DrumXchanger. A plugin that allows you to substitue individual hits in your drum tracks, and provides the ability to mix signal and sample paths. 

Dope.  Click on the pic to read the review.

Let the rains come.
-Tibbz

Devirginize Mondays with delphi

some videos i've been trippin on as of late


soul soul soul dance dance dance






T-shirt wars... an ode to the team manila crew




tony hawk is cool, but damn this one looks better

friday battle

Today we got one of the MC battles that went down at Fliptop 3 - AHON held last May 15 @ Guerilla Radio in Pasig. This is Dello vs Target. Target came sick with it but watch Dello flip rebuttals off the top...nasty...enjoy!






-Umph

Anything Goes Thursday!!!

What up what up...!!!

I was lucky enough to spin a set along side dj arbie won @ PABLO Cuboa Ex! It just sucks I wasn't available to join the rest of Misc for the performance earlier that night. I wasn't even skeduled to spin for the event. but here's how the conversation went.

2am @ Pablo Cubao Ex

Arbie: Do you wanna get on man?
Geric: I don't mind... i'll grab my laptop in the car
Arbie: Just use mine...
Geric: Uhhh... ok!!!

Here's a vid of one of the tracks i played and brought the crowd back to the days when it was cool to rock dem cycling shorts (in all shades of neon!)




DAMN!!! Spandex Leggings and a Blazer!!! Haha I'm actually glad i was still being dressed by my moms when that style came out!!! I can do the boys II men (blazer and jean shorts) but spandex leggings hellz to the no!!! haha

Sorry boys... i hope you don't mind me pluggin' my event...


This Saturday & Every Saturday its SAKE to Me Baby!!!
Izakaya Greenbelt 2
Ft. Dj Badboy Jeff & D'Tech (me)
Sake Bombin' Mixtape weekly Drop only at Izakaya (limited copies)


Peace!!!
-D'Tech

VIDEO: Miscellaneous LIVE @ Pablo, Cubao Ex

Hump day hits once again!

Today we bring you a clip from our most recent gig held last Saturday, May 29 2010 for the Larger Than Life event @ Pablo Gallery, Cubao Expo.

Down 2 members, we went "old school MISC" and worked a 3-man medley set of our songs with Tibbz and myself on the mics and Umph doing the durty on the decks.

This is pretty much the first half of that set:



We had a dope experience and went nuts on all the free beer, isaw and grilled hotdogs!
Thanks Jigger...hahaha :)

Congratulations once again to Pablo Gallery and thank you thank you for inviting us and always supporting us as one of your personal picks...it's come as a humble surprise and honor for us.

Goodluck to all our local artists and to the cause of the Bastards of Misrepresentation who were campaigning for their art to be brought to Germany and be exhibited in the Freise Museum. Godspeed...

And always a big thanks to Locked Down Entertainment and Team Manila!!!!

Happy to have the rain drippity-dropping once again!

- Switch

(p.s. yo tibbz! i dont know how to link the video to our videos page...hahaha)

tune in: LinnStrument

Who isn't familiar with Roger Linn?  The brains behind the infamous drum machines/samplers is constantly (in his own words) "interested in the idea of new musical instruments that overcome the limitations of traditional mechanical instruments."  To echo that belief, he has come up with a prototype for a USB touch surface/controller, which he aptly calls the "LinnStrument"

The prototype consists of a multi-touch, pressure-sensitive, high-resolution USB touch surface from a company called TouchCo (details below). A printed transparency containing the note names is attached to the top, and another clear sheet with each square cut out is attached above it in order to provide tactile feedback of the borders between notes..."

The final product is slated to look something like this:

And here's a demo video of what it is capable of doing:

For a more in-depth look at what the LinnStrument is, you can visit Roger Linn Design website.