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May 29, 2025 curios

Typing / Phonetic Drum Machine

screenshot of the phonetic drum machine website showing a field where you can type various combinations of the words boom, chit, tick, tiss, and tcha

Clive Thompson regularly puts out fascinating internet finds, including this one: a drum machine you program by typing how you want it to sound. Great fun!

https://10kdrummachines.com/machines/phonetic-drum-machine/pdm

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