Reminds me about my neighbor who designed and then sold a batch of portable modular synths:
https://www.modernsounds.co/pluto
amazing work and so cool that that sort of thing is possible from a solopreneur these days.
Interview with the founder of Teenage Engineering
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#22What sick modular synth does he have there
https://www.colossus-synth.com
Which is a remake, kind of, of the EMS Synthi 100.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMS_Synthi_100
Which was part of the world's first private computer music studio. In 1969.
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#24Note the Moog Theremin sitting around casually used as a dump for patchcables!
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#25The photography of this is interesting. I'm not sure I'd know how to approach this assignment (I might start with rapport and portraiture in the space), but some things I noticed on different photos: * Warm vintage color cast on the '70s-looking gear wood panel. * On-camera-flash-like directional lighting, with harsh shadow (maybe to separate person from gear background, but both in focus?). * Contrast and saturation…
All of which says "stylised and arty" and is a look much used in The Wire and similar publications.
I'm kind of irritated by this. TA are legendary for super-expensive toy-like products that must have insanely high margins. So somehow the "I was never into money (but now I collect antique synthesizers with four or five figure price tags)" line doesn't ring entirely true.
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#26I've wanted to get their OP-1 portable synth since the first time I saw it, that price tho.. https://teenage.engineering/store/op-1/
I bought mine 9 years ago and it costed 790 EUR. It was regarded as a capable, but possibly overpriced synth. It’s quite shocking and disappointing to see that it’s so much more expensive now.
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#27The photography of this is interesting. I'm not sure I'd know how to approach this assignment (I might start with rapport and portraiture in the space), but some things I noticed on different photos: * Warm vintage color cast on the '70s-looking gear wood panel. * On-camera-flash-like directional lighting, with harsh shadow (maybe to separate person from gear background, but both in focus?). * Contrast and saturation…
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#28The photography of this is interesting. I'm not sure I'd know how to approach this assignment (I might start with rapport and portraiture in the space), but some things I noticed on different photos: * Warm vintage color cast on the '70s-looking gear wood panel. * On-camera-flash-like directional lighting, with harsh shadow (maybe to separate person from gear background, but both in focus?). * Contrast and saturation…
All of which says "stylised and arty" and is a look much used in The Wire and similar publications. I'm kind of irritated by this. TA are legendary for super-expensive toy-like products that must have insanely high margins. So somehow the "I was never into money (but now I collect antique synthesizers with four or five figure price tags)" line doesn't ring entirely true.
“Shit ain’t broke unless you’re broke, that’s some real shit.” - Lil Yachty
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#29The photography of this is interesting. I'm not sure I'd know how to approach this assignment (I might start with rapport and portraiture in the space), but some things I noticed on different photos: * Warm vintage color cast on the '70s-looking gear wood panel. * On-camera-flash-like directional lighting, with harsh shadow (maybe to separate person from gear background, but both in focus?). * Contrast and saturation…
All of which says "stylised and arty" and is a look much used in The Wire and similar publications. I'm kind of irritated by this. TA are legendary for super-expensive toy-like products that must have insanely high margins. So somehow the "I was never into money (but now I collect antique synthesizers with four or five figure price tags)" line doesn't ring entirely true.
I get it though, there are lots of expensive things I’d like to collect, but it’s about the object and not what it’s worth. If they were cheap I’d still want to collect them.
You see it a lot in art, some people collect only as an investment vehicle - others buy what they like without regard for future returns. Ones mostly about the money.
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#30I too would live in a pinterest-ready castle filled with toys but i dont have the stomach to rip off customers as shamelessly as TE is. The B&O of our generation.