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Grew up in Istanbul and Boston. Swiss army knife, audio whore, music producer, technology ninja, knowledge worker, web weaver, pro evo soccer supasta, footy junkie, bumbling photographer, food lover, lotus eater, car nut, serial reader...

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Marimba, Meet MIDI. MIDI, Marimba. Now Go Play Nice. [Midi]

December 15, 2009 23:00

Long and agonizing has been my wait for the pairing of a three-octave marimba's upbeat tonality and the synth kitsch of a MIDI player. Thank you, Player Marimba, for answering my prayers. By deconstructing a standard marimba, assigning a mallet to each, and hooking the whole mess up to two MD24 MIDI decoders, Larry Cotton has found a way to enjoy the soothing plinking of a marimba that can be controlled by any a MIDI sequencer or keyboard. The result is, as you can see/hear, not far from magic. I just like to imagine how many shootouts could have been avoided if these had been around in the Old West instead of those rinky dink player pianos. [Highly Liquid via Make]