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Via Chris Ryan on the Rhodes Chroma list: "I've posted a couple of recordings contributed by Chris Smalt [ 21010280 +], who recently rejoined us after an absence of many years. An original composition, 'Silent Rage,' is '13 tracks of Chroma, all mono, no chorus, just reverb and some delay added. Some rhythm provided by rubbing hands, snapping fingers and tapping the mic stand with my foot. The sounds...
via Chris Ryan on the Rhodes Chroma list: "This month's addition to the site is the article "Fender Rhodes Chroma" from the May-June 2008 issue of Synthesizer Magazin . Christian Kleine [ 21030210 ] kindly translated the article from the original German to English . It's an entertaining read, and four audio demos are included." Click on either the German or English link for the respective article.
You can listen to two Rhodes Chroma tracks on the Rhodes Chroma site . You will also find the full track listing with notes for Volume 1. This is a follow-up to these posts . via Chris Ryan in the comments of this post . Chris actually hosts the excellent Rhodes Chroma site.
via Chris Ryan on the Rhodes Chroma list. "The Interface Manual is now available in hypertext format at the site. It documents the computer interface, and includes sections on Command Descriptions , Software and Hardware requirements (along with schematics), and several appendices such as Parameter Information and Command Listing . This is the 1982 edition that I obtained from the Canadian distributor...
Another advert, another controversy, it seems. Just a couple of weeks ago a Grand Theft Auto IV ad was removed from Streatham because its gun-toting avatar was deemed insensitive in an area that had recently seen two gun-related murders. Now an ad in Crystal Palace train station for Chris Ryan's new book, Strike Back , will also be taken down because of its pro-violence message. With a recent spate...
Apex Motorsport received a lift at the weekend when the Jaguar XKR of Stuart Scott, Chris Ryan and Mark Sumpter claimed third overall in the 1,000k Britcar race at Spa Francorchamps on Saturday. The V8 supercharged XKR performed flawlessly during testing, achieving 3rd fastest from a field of 40 cars. Qualification put the Jaguar in 5th [...]
“We're like refugees," said Chris Ryan, 28, one of an estimated few hundred residents forced to evacuate seven Upper East Side buildings this morning following the collapse of a crane that killed at least two people. Mr. Ryan, temporarily wallet-less, lives at 1748 First Avenue, between 90th and 91st streets. But this afternoon he was inside Richard R. Greene High School, on 88th Street, where officials...
The online component, by Big Fantastic ('Prom Queen'), will play into a new novel by the medical thriller writer. BY THE time the new Web series "Foreign Body" premieres May 27, Chris, Chris, Ryan and Doug -- the four-headed directing collective known as Big Fantastic -- will have delivered 230 episodes of Web TV in less than two years. "Seinfeld" barely managed 180 shows and it was on for a decade....
Joshua Gans has a theory that I attract more critics than the average academic. Judging by today’s Age, he may be right. Monash University’s David Zyngier is very cross that I was invited to the 2020 summit, and critiques my school productivity study (with Chris Ryan, who for the third time in a row gets [...]
In today's SMH, senior education bureaucrat Paul Brock critiques my study with Chris Ryan. Here’s his oped, and here’s a news story reporting on it. There are a couple of minor errors (I’m described as the sole author of the study; and although we look at numeracy data up until 2003, the oped wrongly says “He produces [...]
YouTube via duubledee. Two vids sent to the Rhodes Chroma list by Chris Ryan, the founder and host of the excellent Rhodes Chroma site. A bit of a synthfest. Spot the synths and don't miss the Rhodes Chroma with Expander, one of Herbie's favorites. Herbie Hancock - Rock It LIVE
Andrew Leigh and Chris Ryan's valuable paper on school productivity (pdf) received lots of media coverage today, including a page one story in The Australian. They find that numeracy fell over the period 1964 to 2003, and literacy and numeracy fell over the period 1975 to 1998. It is a loss of productivity because we [...]
Chris Ryan and I have a new paper out today, looking at trends in the literacy and numeracy of Australian schoolchildren. Here’s the abstract (click on the title to read the full paper): How Has School Productivity Changed in Australia? Andrew Leigh & Chris Ryan Using two series of data that ask overlapping questions to successive cohorts, we [...]
Houston's O Pioneers!!! have posted a rather lengthly update on what is going on with the band. In the statement, vocalist Eric Solomon explains the departure of drummer Chris Ryan as well as the band's recording and touring plans for the rest of the year. O Pioneers!!! have been busy, having recorded a split 10" with Bomb the Music Industry and will soon release a 7" on Asian Man Records as well as...
