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http://www.giorgiosancristoforo.net/softwares/berna/

just delving deep into Giorgio Sancristoforo’s Berna, this is a real time machine! i’m now reading a book about the history of Studio di Fonologia Musicale RAI di Milano, orobably the most advanced electronic and electroacoustic centre in the world between 1955 and 1961, instigated and directed by Luciano Berio and Bruno Maderna with the aid of chief technician Marino Zuccheri. in the late 50’s great artists like Cage and Stockhausen were regulars in the Studio, while Luigi Nono developed a masterpiece like “La Fabbrica Illuminata” there.

this app brings you there with great accuracy! it’s a joy to patch those early devices into one another and then bounce to tape, varispeed stuff and re-record it while further processing the reel to reel outs…
try it for yourself, it is really that awesome!

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#2

Looks great!
I will try it soon.

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#3

this looks completely wild! i’m very happy that someone decided this was worth doing a painstaking recreation of. the sort of software application i want to somehow live inside of. definitely going to try it.

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#4

Wow! Blast from the past. I downloaded this ages ago and never followed through on learning it…let us know how it turns out?

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#5

This looks fantastic - also an excellent way to avoid working for the rest of today :champagne:

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#6

Yes! Same here. I used to have version 1… not a big fan of the new graphics though.

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