Came back to read this again after I discovered HiChord and Open Reel Ensemble's Tape Bowing on youtube. These things have a texture and an aesthetic that touchscreens can't even hope to come close to.
100%! i've been thinking about publishing an update to this essay as there's been so much happening in analogue tech recently that taps into this desire for texture and hapics. Hadn't seen the tape bowing before, super cool!
Came back to read this again after I discovered HiChord and Open Reel Ensemble's Tape Bowing on youtube. These things have a texture and an aesthetic that touchscreens can't even hope to come close to.
100%! i've been thinking about publishing an update to this essay as there's been so much happening in analogue tech recently that taps into this desire for texture and hapics. Hadn't seen the tape bowing before, super cool!
Would love to read that.
I'm glad to have led you to something you didn't know!