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A Turntable and an iPad Home Dashboard

Apps
Jason Tate

I enjoyed this story from Niléane over at MacStories about combining a new found love of vinyl with technology:

Allow me to spoil the ending of this story for you: in the end, unboxing this turntable escalated into a legitimately awesome tech upgrade to our living room. It’s now equipped with a docked 11“ iPad Pro that acts as a shared dashboard for controlling our HomeKit devices, performing everyday tasks like consulting the weather and setting up timers, and of course, broadcasting our vinyls to any HomePod mini or Bluetooth device in the apartment. This setup is amazing, and it works perfectly; however, getting there was a tedious process that drastically reinforced my long-standing frustrations with Apple’s self-imposed software limitations.

The app that powers it, Quanta, is one I’ll have to check out.

Her Dad and the 10,000 Records He Left Behind

Jason Tate

Wonderful story over at The Washington Post:

Since September, the 24-year-old Polish Canadian woman has held a daily “listening party” on her Instagram and TikTok pages, @soundwavesoffwax, to explore decades and genres of music that her father, Richard, loved — punk, disco, pop, jazz, techno, new wave and ’60s psych rock. The project has exploded online, resonating with more than 460,000 followers combined so far — and she still has nearly 10,000 records to go.

“I hope to listen to them all,” Jula told me on a blistering winter day from her home in Alberta. “This has been such a beautiful experience for me sonically and emotionally.” Jula spoke to The Washington Post on the condition that only her first name be used out of concern for her safety. Her last name has not been publicized.

Green Day Announced Audiophile ‘Dookie’

Green Day
Jason Tate

Green Day will release an “audiophile” version of Dookie on January 24th.

Spread across 4 sides at 45rpm from the original analog master tapes, Dookie has never sounded better! This One-Step version is strictly limited to 3,000 copies. The album is housed inside a top quality, foil-stamped, uniquely designed numbered slipcase.  The enclosed gatefold double LP will feature an “Old Style” double gatefold tip-on jacket with original artwork.