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Alex Reed @salexanderreed.bsky.social · 16h

I made a little toy for exploring and mixing mathematically possible backbeat rhythms!

In a 2-beat 16th-note grid with kick/snare/hat, there are 1,458 combinations. And in combination, there are 2,125,764 ways to fill in a 4/4. Enjoy playing ALL of them here:

salexanderreed.com/backbeats

Backbeats — 1458 Possible Rhythms — ⠀

salexanderreed.com

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Maxwell Neely-Cohen @maxy.bsky.social · 15h

omg thank you <3

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disc horse bot @horsedisc.bsky.social · 11d

Retrospectively I can see that *Season 6 of Grey’s Anatomy* and *M*A*S*H* were both early expressions of a homegrown form of Australophobia that was beginning to shape and color Dwarven life...

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Maxwell Neely-Cohen @maxy.bsky.social · 14d

BRAHMS: I suppose technically—
CHOTINER: And you spent twenty years on the first one?
BRAHMS: I wanted it to be perfect.
CHOTINER: But it wasn't.
BRAHMS: What?
CHOTINER: You revised it.

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Maxwell Neely-Cohen @maxy.bsky.social · 14d

CHOTINER: So you wrote how many symphonies?
BRAHMS: Four
CHOTINER: And Beethoven wrote nine
BRAHMS: Well, yes, but—
CHOTINER: Mozart wrote over forty
BRAHMS: Symphony numbering was different then, and also he died at thirty-five—
CHOTINER: So you had more time than Mozart

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nstarke @nstarke.bsky.social · 14d

I am grateful to @maxy.bsky.social for including my vintage web based drum machine from 2012 in #10kdrummachines

10kdrummachines.com/machines/sdm...

Starke Drum Machine

10kdrummachines.com

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Maxwell Neely-Cohen @maxy.bsky.social · 14d

deep cut

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Maxwell Neely-Cohen @maxy.bsky.social · 15d

Just saw an *Iron Maiden boyfriend / Oasis girlfriend* walking hand in hand with their respective band t-shirts and dispositions it was beautiful

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Maxwell Neely-Cohen @maxy.bsky.social · 21d

the memory of watching the terminal light up with that first A New Session issue in 2021 is still such a dream. Before we really knew what The HTML Review might be or how it might fit in, we kept going back to it, knowing we wouldn't be completely alone <3

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Maxwell Neely-Cohen @maxy.bsky.social · 29d

everyone go order Natan's new book on crossword puzzles in November www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723796... and if you need more drum machines go to 10kdrummachines.com

Across the Universe by Natan Last: 9780553387704 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

An entertaining and eye-opening look at the history of the crossword, who constructs them, and why crosswords matter as both a reflection of and influence on our culture From Wordle to Spelling Bee, ...

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

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Maxwell Neely-Cohen @maxy.bsky.social · 29d

absolute geniuses @natanlast.bsky.social and @xor.blue made "fill harmonics" a CROSSWORD EDITOR DRUM MACHINE for the 10,000 Drum Machines project!!!! fillharmonics.com

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caitlin🎀 @caitlinfilms.bsky.social · Aug 18

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shelby wilson @shheeelllbby.bsky.social · Aug 20

some recent work! shelby.cool/array-of-arr...

Array of Arrays

Ongoing research and practice of off-loom bead weaving by Shelby Wilson

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Maxwell Neely-Cohen @maxy.bsky.social · Aug 18

Just a boy reading The Viennese Ballroom In The Age Of Beethoven in Central Park while waiting for a dentist appointment

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Maxwell Neely-Cohen @maxy.bsky.social · Aug 17

a perfect website chainmailbasket.com

Chainmailbasket.com - 1600+ weaves/units

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walker @walkercapl.bsky.social · Aug 14

Hoping someone edits my story down to a tight 0

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Maxwell Neely-Cohen @maxy.bsky.social · Aug 13

admittedly ballet takes advantage of this to an even greater degree

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👁️ isaac io 👁️ @eyesack.bsky.social · Aug 13

I think the main lesson I’ve learned from watching a lot of opera vids is that it’s okay to have a lot of merely serviceable music as long as you have a few real bangers

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Maxwell Neely-Cohen @maxy.bsky.social · Aug 12

who is conducting

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Maxwell Neely-Cohen @maxy.bsky.social · Aug 11

Tall bro with feathered lacrosse hair reading weathered Infinite Jest paperback on the subway. Nature is healing

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Jessie Char @jessiechar.com · Aug 3

In observance of the recent New Jersey earthquake, please check out my Seismic Activity drum machine and make a fun rhythmic pattern based on earthquake data 10kdrummachines.com/machines/sei...

SEISMIC ACTIVITY

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Clive Thompson @clivethompson.bsky.social · Aug 1

A drum machine -- created by @maxy.bsky.social -- that plays patterns based on word-occurrence in classic literature

Item #2 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter, free to read and subscribe to here here here: buttondown.com/clivethompso...

A screenshot of an interactive web tool that pairs words with percussion sounds in real-time as text scrolls by. At the top, dropdown menus and sliders allow the user to select a literary work ("Little Women"), adjust scroll speed, and set excerpt size. Below, a section titled “Word-Sound Rules” shows that the words “the,” “of,” and “and” are linked to a bass drum, snare drum, and hand clap respectively. In the lower portion, a passage from Little Women is displayed, with the trigger words highlighted in yellow, visually cueing when a corresponding sound would play during the automated reading

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Maxwell Neely-Cohen @maxy.bsky.social · Jul 31

PLZ PLZ YES

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Maxwell Neely-Cohen @maxy.bsky.social · Jul 31

omg yes hi thank you this is amazing! thank you for looking out!

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Everett Ruess Fan Club @everettruessfans.bsky.social · Jul 23

my harsh noise piece wasn't accepted to the [REDACTED] conference, but my pleasant microtonal soundbath was, so I guess that's cool (can't be too greedy and demand people learn that I contain multitudes)

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