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Music is a great medium for self-expression. But if you can’t be bothered to play traditional instruments, what then?

Diego Stocco has made a name for himself with his multi-track music videos where the audio was provided by ‘playing’ common objects and modified instruments. Now he’s gone one step further and actually built his own orchestra of modified instruments.

See the Experibass and Arcophonica? There’s also the Harpiano and Glockenstrange, and I’m just getting started.

Now how’s that for musical self-expression?

[via Colossal]

If you were thinking about forgetting that the Galaxy Note II existed for one reason or another, the party happening tonight hosted by Samsung and starring no less than Kanye West is surely meant to change your mind. With the Samsung Galaxy Note II about to be available on several carriers across the United States and abroad, this week Samsung has brought on a media event blast normally reserved for a slightly less publicized event than this – ie a product announcement. Here though, it’s all about keeping the thunder while Microsoft is in town.

This week New York is also home to the premiere of Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system, with hardware manufacturers and software titans bringing their own fire throughout the week. The biggest Microsoft showing is set for Thursday as well, it containing both a live-televised press event and a major Times Square send off the likes of which the world has never seen – it’s the most screens taken over by a single company, after all.

We’ll be at the Microsoft Windows 8 press event tomorrow morning too, mind you. It’s a full week with more lovely mobile and near-mobile action than the computing universe can handle.

At Microsoft’s approach, Samsung about to be out-done. With the Galaxy Note II already up in international reviews as well as national reviews, the push this week acts more as a waving of a flag than it does an opening of door. Kanye West is here to knock the door down and wave the flag like a maniac, one way or another.

We’ll be at this stop on the Galaxy Note II World Tour 2012 throughout the night. We’ll let you know how it goes. Stay tuned, and check the timeline below for more Galaxy Note II hands-on action!

Samsung descends upon NYC to out-do Microsoft with Kanye West is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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While we’re waiting for Moogfest to officially kick off this weekend, we stopped by the headquarters of Moog Music in Asheville, North Carolina to catch a glimpse of the analog action. The entire company is housed in one building that includes design, assembly, testing, engineering, service and a warehouse for all of the handmade electronics. Despite having all of its departmental bases covered, the outfit is still only comprised of about 50 folks total. However, the workshop-esque facility is poised to crank out 10,000 instruments over the course of the year that cover synths, stomp boxes, guitars and more. We took a stroll around the factory floor (and we were lucky enough to spot the screen-printed, Moogfest-exclusive Theremins), so dive in to the gallery below for a behind-the-scenes look at the construction process.

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