A-Level Music Technology · Component 3 · AoS 3 · 3.2 Hardware: analogue
A turntable you can play. The record on this deck is not an animation: the loop you hear was cut into its groove at load time, and everything (the spiral on the face, the canyon walls, the crackle) is that same data. Slow it, reverse it, scratch it, and watch the sound change shape.
orbitscratch the plattercue by eye three stationsfour lessonsexam anchors
drag to orbit · grab the platter to scratch · double-tap the face to cue
Inside the Groove
Cutting the record: synthesising the loop and pressing it into the groove…
The loop is cut. Twelve revolutions of programme, pressed and ready. Sound begins when the stylus lands.
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