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April 26, 2026: A month ago today, Corduroy Institute convened at the Bancroft Laboratory of Auditory Sciences to explore a new direction in sound—by, paradoxically, turning the clock back by more than a year. That is all we shall reveal on this one-month anniversary of the proceedings. Extensive reports forthcoming.
Footnote / Foreshadowing: Refer to archival audiovisual documents "New Bass New Jam" and "The Number Seventh Five Song in Heaven."
Tascam Portastudio 414 Overview
Tascam Portastudio 414 Overview
Friday, July 5, 2024: Eight months ago today, Corduroy Institute subverted the foundations of our methodology by embracing the principle of xenochrony. Our latest video features the final moments of audiovisual content we captured on that distant summer night.
The footage begins with a discussion of the merits of the evidently songworthy Jam 4. We reference the spectrum of prog's possibilities, ranging from Can basslines to full-on song cycles, as both ingredients and end points. Then, we provide one last glimpse at how xenochrony allowed us to shift between musical explorations.
With four different improvisations inside the Tascam Portastudio 2488neo, we had twenty faders' worth of moments that could collide to create novel musical experiences. W. Ruiz held the Samsung NX300m mirrorless camera above the Portastudio as S.A. Morin manipulated the faders to embellish Jam 4 with all manner of alien textures from the previous three jams. The camera signal stalled a bit, then xenochrony gave way to live dub mixing.
Silence, then Jam 3's minimalist finale emerged as a coda to our explorations.
And thus concluded our only session of 2024.
Recent work for Robotic Bean:
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Spent the day simplifying, re-arranging and re-patching the studio. Things feel sleek.
In hindsight, it was foolish to sell my 19U rackmount rig earlier this year.
I’ll finish routing all of this tomorrow.
My happy place.
