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The idea of an acoustic synthesizer might sound like an oxymoron, but it’s exactly the sort of unexpected concepts that Korg Berlin was created to pursue. This independent, R&D-focused division was cofounded in 2020 by Maximilian Rest and Tatsuya Takahashi, the man behind the Volcas, Minilogue and countless other modern classics. But it has remained pretty quiet since its inception. That changed this week at Superbooth where the team showed off its first prototype the Acoustic Synthesis_phase5.
Unlike a traditional synth that uses oscillators, the phase5 uses tuned metal forks. Those forks are specially designed to produce specific fundamental notes and overtones. And since the core sound generation here is an acoustic resonator, it has certain qualities a normal synth does not. For instance it will feedback like a guitar when held near an amp and ring when struck on its side. Takahashi told Fess Grandiose of Reverb, “we’re trying to kind of capture this rawness of instruments, while being at the same time, controllable like a synthesizer.”
So that’s the “acoustic” part: metal tines that ring, resonate and decay, almost like a Fender Rhodes. The synth part comes from the magnets inside the phase5 that allow it to sustain just the fundamental note, or the fundamental and the overtones, or just the overtones. The overtones can also be modulated with an LFO creating a sound that can only be described as a sea sick bell.
In general the sound it generates in the short demo video above is quite unique. It does have a ringing, vaguely Rhodes-like quality to it. But it also kind of sounds like what you might expect of a singing bowl patch on a ’90s sample-based synth. It’s a touch otherworldly.
Right now the phase5 is just a prototype and it’s likely to stay that way. Right now Korg Berlin is simply gauging interest in the technology. And if it seems like there’s a market for this sort of strange hybrid acoustic synth, then it will explore ways to develop it further into a finished product.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/korg-berlin-shows-off-a-prototype-acoustic-synthesizer-223023911.html?src=rss
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The bill, dated May 5, closely matches proposals made by the European Commission in December 2022, as part of a bid to stop EU residents stashing crypto abroad to hide it from the taxman. The commission would have to set up a register of crypto asset operators’ by December 2025, bringing forward a previous deadline by one year, and the rules will apply as of Jan. 1, 2026. Controversially, the law — known as the eighth directive on administrative cooperation (DAC8) — still includes platforms for trading non-fungible tokens that can be used for payment or investment, and providers from outside the bloc that have EU clients.
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A FLEXIBLE locksmith has shown off his superhuman powers to break into his van – and everyone’s saying the same thing.
Nimble tradesman Liam was filmed wriggling into the back of the Ford Transit by his colleague Hannah, who posted the clip to TikTok.
The keys had been locked in the back of the transit with slam-lock on – meaning he couldn’t open it.
Hannah wrote: “Liam the locksmith used his talents to retrieve [the keys],” alongside two crying with laughter emojis.
The lad was filmed lifting up the van’s front passenger seat, before stepping over it and anchoring his legs on the driver’s seat.
The locksmith then lowered himself headfirst into the space beneath the opened passenger seat.
After worming his way down the gap, half of his body disappeared with only his legs sticking out.
Viewers were left shocked when he slid even further down to completely vanish under the passenger seat, before emerging out of the back of the van.
The video posted by @autokeychase quickly racked up a whopping 148.3k likes and over 2480 comments from stunned followers who were all left saying the same thing.
One wrote: “My claustrophobia would never allow me to do this”.
Another added: “I had a panic attack just watching this.”
One chimed in: “That is beyond terrifying. I can cope fine in small spaces but that is literally my nightmare”.
A fourth said: “Caught second-hand claustrophobia”.
A fifth commented: “My anxiety is through the roof.”
One viewer even suggested that Liam goes on Britain’s Got Talent after he showed off his flexible skills on TikTok.
“Is that elastic man?,” joked another follower.
Other viewers were quick to explain that the transit van’s model has a button in the front to release back doors – but they still praised Liam’s bizarre talent.
This comes after a mesmerising video clip of a worker perfectly painting a sign on a road left viewers gobsmacked and all saying the same thing.
The man carefully paints out ‘BUS’ in the short clip posted on Twitter with people declaring him an “artist”.
People have lauded the worker online with comments including “genius”, “an artist for sure”, “superb craftmanship” and “now that’s what we should call skilled labour”.
And pranksters claim they were left stunned when they pretended to be criminals trying to offload a blood-splattered hatchback to a well-known motors firm.
The viral video left people shocked at the dealers cryptic responses after the pranking pair were given a quote of £196.
Liam reappeared out of the back of the van after the keys were left in the back[/caption]
Regardless, that that was quick: Microsoft only went public with its plans to replace parts of the Windows kernel with Rust code in mid-April at its BlueHat IL 2023 security conference in Israel. At that event, Microsoft vice president David Weston said that “we’re using Rust on the operating system along with other constructs” as part of an “aggressive and meaningful pursuit of memory safety,” a key source of exploits. And it’s not just the Windows kernel. Microsoft is bringing Rust to its Pluton security processor as well.
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