via Novation where you'll find the full interview.
"Straight after their show at our Novation London Pop-up Store, we got a chance to ask UK drum & bass duo GLXY a few questions about their inspirations, where their musical journeys began, and find out some more about the album the pair have spent 2019 working on.
GLXY are creating a real buzz with their soul-drenched style of production. Having signed to UK drum & bass label Shogun Audio back in 2017, their single ‘Lucid’ grabbed the attention of BBC Radio 1 legend Annie Mac after receiving its radio premiere from Rene La Vice on the Drum and Bass show - he dubbed the track as a ‘baby maker’ which sums up the luscious inviting tones in their production. Following up on their first Shogun release, the duo have continued to deliver with ‘Vision EP’ and ‘Chiral EP’ both of which clearly document their richly melodic tones and ability to work alongside amazing vocalists such as DRS and Solah. Discover a little more about GLXY below."
"Our latest patches’ update features composer, improviser and educator @lightbath with his ambient Baby Steps pack. Styled by planting musical seeds that through improvisation, develop and grow into pieces that unfold in the present moment. Access here >>>"
"Composer, improviser, and educator Bryan Noll explores time and space with his musical project, Lightbath. Taking inspiration from Brian Eno's view of composers as gardeners, Noll plants musical seeds with his synthesizers and, through improvisation, guides their development and growth into pieces that unfold in the present moment.
Noll developed his sound and process as Lightbath by making YouTube videos showing the physical act of coaxing music out of modular synthesizers. As Pitchfork puts it: “Once you have submitted to these videos, it can be hard to pull yourself away. The artfully unpretentious demonstrations… occupy a strange, sui-generis niche: Featuring balmy sounds, blinking LEDs, and low-key set-dressing, they are part performance, part tech tutorial, and part audio-visual wallpaper.”
Lightbath has releases on RVNG Intl and Seil Records as well as the self-released ‘Selected Public Works’ series which features remastered versions of the pieces on his YouTube channel.
The 33 zones in this patch bank were created on Peak and feature the use of Mod Wheel and Aftertouch, as well as the Animate buttons for deeper expressive control."
"Sorry, It has been a while since my last old school computer remix. Can someone tell me what phone number I am dialing? Hint listen to the other end answer the phone. The audio is optimized for stereo headphones. About 60% of my time was spent programming the DECTalk vocals for Ice Ice Baby. It was really tough to keep the vocals in sync. Back in 2009 I used a 8 inch floppy in my Bohemian Rhapsody video and do prefer that sound. However it appears people are more familiar with 3.5 inch floppy drives rather than 5.25 and 8 inch drives. So in the video I decided to Frankenstein a 3.5 Floppy and CD Rom head assembly.
Devices Used:
Stephen Hawking's vocals - DECTalk Express (Paul)
Backup vocals - DECTalk Express (Harry)
DECTalk TTY Controller - MiniComm II
Bass - Yamaha CX-5M Computer
Synth Bass - 3.5" Floppy / CDRom head mechanism.
Drums - Hard Drive Heads
Cymbals - Hard Drive Platters
Hand Claps - High voltage DC automotive spark coil"
"If the original Indigo was a Virtual-Analog Roadster, this baby is a stunning Silver Speedster. The Virus Indigo 2 offers everything you need to produce high-octane sonic masterpieces in a compact package that’s built for comfort and speed. The original limited edition Indigo revamped an entire industry’s concept of supply and demand.
Now, equipped with a new front-panel and the engine of the Virus C, the Indigo 2 is ready to do it again. Only this time, it’s got a souped-up transmission: a 3-octave keyboard with Aftertouch!
Ultra-cool… with aluminum side panels and even more blue LEDs, the Indigo-2 packs power, portability and the legendary virus sound into a stunning presentation with the style and substance to take you anywhere and everywhere—all by itself. And you can’t imagine better handling, taking your creativity from zero to infinity in no time flat.
A new piece from supporting MATRIXSYNTH member, James Newman. This piece was composed with a Peter Gabriel style in mind, and uses a variety of software VSTi's including East/West's Voices of Passion.
"Audio illustrator James Newman and the James Newman World Orchestra are pleased to present "Aria".
I wrote this piece a few years ago for some dear friends of mine who had just had their 1st child...a baby girl named, Aria.
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Published on Mar 25, 2018 Football Planetz
Warning: some clipping in this one so don't turn it up too loud.
"Recorded directly into my phone (using a line-in cable, so it is recorded in mono), with no processing or editing. Weird that the video & audio goes out of sync at the end of the whole clip.
I am selling this particular VL1-m (has a new cool blue LCD just replaced), so I recorded the demo songs to show what this baby can do"
"If you have not played with a VL1 or VL1-m in the past, please check out the youtube video. This will give you an idea of its sonic capabilities.
LCD display had been replaced with a new cool-blue LCD, which is much brighter and looking great. The LCD is seated slightly higher than the original display due to mechanical mounting differences (please see pictures).
The new LCD has LED backlight, which does not need a high voltage converter used on the original backlight that can fade over time and was sometimes plagued with high pitched whining noise coming from the high voltage converter.
New floppy drive also replaced, using NOS (New Old Stock) TEAC drive manufactured in 2010. To accommodate the new drive, a 34pin to 26pin floppy drive adapter is used (see picture). The original drive (which had a broken belt drive) used much older and uncommon 26pin flat cable, and a direct working replacement is nearly impossible to find. Please note the new floppy drive is unconfirmed for functionality because I do not have any new blank floppies to test. I got an old floppy disk from a friend which is probably 20 years old. The drive responds to read/format controls, and spins up but does not recognize the old floppy. Therefore I can't confirm the floppy drive is fully operational. If you do not want to use the floppy drive, the 34pin to 26pin adapter inside should allow you to replace the drive with a SD card reader emulator in the same form factor. That means you could put all the patch data available for download on the internet onto a single SD card for greater convenience.
120V version, which will take power between 100-120V (I was using 110V). I looked up the service manual, and the power supply has 2 part numbers (VS219600, marked J,U. And VS219700, marked H,D,B,A). The marking J,U means Japan, USA. So this unit is definitely designed to work between 100-120V." [image below]
Magus Modular Synthesizer Toolkit 2018 Published on Apr 5, 2018
"Algorithms are modern day magic spells. Add magic to your music with the Magus, a patchable, programmable synthesizer toolkit."
Magus KickBox Demo Published on Apr 4, 2018 Rebel Technology
"KickBox is a groovebox patch running on the Magus synthesizer toolkit. It makes a beat with hats and a kick, and adds a virtual analogue subtractive synth voice with a killer 8-pole resonant low pass filter.
Realtime parameter tweaking and 24 analogue patch points give you complete creative control over how the sound is produced."
Wizard PolySub Demo Published on Apr 4, 2018 Rebel Technology
"PolySub is a polyphonic subtractive synth patch running on the Wizard. PolySub has 8 voices true polyphony with virtual analogue oscillators, waveshape and PWM morph, 8-pole resonant filter and ADSR envelopes.
In this demo it is sequenced with the CV and gate outputs of a Korg SQ-1 but it can also be played by connecting a MIDI device."
Alchemist Ping Pong Delay Demo Published on Apr 4, 2018 Rebel Technology
"Ping Pong Delay running on Alchemist, synchronised to the trigger output of a TR808 drum machine. The trigger keeps all the beats tight and allows the delay to bounce anything from 16th notes and triplets to full bars around the stereo space."
"The Magus, Wizard and Alchemist are all built on the Rebel Technology OpenWare firmware and can run the same patch programs as two of our existing products: the OWL Pedal and OWL Modular. This means that our entire library of more than 200 patch programs is ready to use right now!"
Magus Synthesizer Toolkit Prototype
"Algorithms are the magic potions and spells of the modern day. In electronic music, they make the wooshes, booms, squeals, screams and bops that might have us contemplate the universe, reach personal insight, or dance like mad for days on end. Join us on a journey to create ever more powerful algorithms, and to make them open and available to everyone. We already have a community of hundreds of talented synthesists sharing their work. Let's make it bigger, let's make it better, let's do it together!
The Magus is like having a compact modular synthesizer without being limited by the modules you've got in it.
Unlike traditional synthesizers, the Magus doesn't confine itself to a fixed function or paradigm. Whether you want granular, additive, FM, subtractive, spectral, chaotic or stochastic synthesis, Magus gives you the freedom to pick the right algorithm for the job and then lets you loose to patch up a storm.
Enjoy the creative power of a hardware synthesizer with the flexibility of audio plugins.
If our existing library of algorithms doesn't do it for you, you can even create your own, for truly unbounded creative freedom. And you can use any one of more than two hundred patches from our library as a starting point. Patches can be authored in Max Gen, Pure data, FAUST or C++, giving you an impressive range of powerful musical programming tools to choose from."
Wizard Minisynth Prototype
"The Magus' little brother is the Wizard. It runs the same patches and is also patchable as well as programmable. This means that you can change the signal flow on the fly and connect it to other kit. It is incredibly compact but still sports five assignable control knobs and four buttons, and a total of six patch points. Like the Magus it has both USB MIDI device and host connections so that you can plug your favourite controller straight in - be it keyboard, drum pads, sequencer, grid, or multidimensional controller. It makes an excellent stand-alone synth or effects unit and has huge integration capabilities."
Alchemist Microsynth Prototype
"The Alchemist is the baby of the family, but it packs a powerful punch. With four knobs, two trigger buttons, one mode button and trigger and CV inputs it amazingly still fits in your hand.
All three devices have a USB socket and can be powered by USB or by an external DC supply."
Happy 606 Day #606day! In this video I synchronize the Roland TR-606 drum machine to an Arturia Beatstep Pro which controls an Alpha Juno-1. All old school analog baby! This simple setup is all you really need for electro music. Juno-1 (off camera) plays a basic bass pattern. On-the-fly I make a few changes to pattern, drum mix, bass transposition, filter, envelope, and throw in some chords played by hand. A Timefactor delay module adds some groove. Recorded direct to Tascam DR-05."
"Sometimes when you programme a patch on this baby - and then hit a few notes or chords... you get some 'inspiration' from the very sound you just created. This was one of those times... so I rolled the camera and audio recorder and played it before I forgot the thing...:)"
"That right there is a mockup of our new baby, Ensō, which is an audio buffer module in 22hp, with 50 seconds of stereo 48/24 audio memory, and various ways for looping/triggering/etc that buffer. We're done with the hardware design, and are working on the software now.
You can come see it (and the new Eos module) in person if you're in the LA area. I will be doing an Audio Damage clinic/Q&A at Perfect Circuit in Burbank this Wednesday, April 5th, at 7PM. Facebook event page with all the deets is here. Derrick Baseck will be doing a performance, and I'm given to understand there will be pizza and beer, two of the three major food groups. We will be giving away a couple modules, and buttons and stickers and the other usual shit, and I may extemporaneously perform for 15 minutes myself.
In other news, the first articles for the hardware version of Eos will be on the way to me today. So just a beta-testing round and then that will be shipping. Figure two weeks to stores at this point.
And finally, we will be attending Superbooth in Berlin again this year. I'm flying in to Prague on April 15, and then driving up to Berlin a couple days later. If you are in town and want to hook up, get at me in the usual methods."
Mastering by Tommy Bianchi @ White Sound Mastering Studio
Distribuited by Wordandsound
«Just like Black Shape's track “Doom Room”, remixed by Franz Alice Stern, “Doom Room”'s video has been remixed too; starting from the hand-drawn character of the original animation videoclip, here the little monster has become a sculpture, again realized by the artist Matteo Giampaglia. That cute bi-dimensional baby-monster is again protagonist, but now it's physical and corporeal, lit up by the fire in a mysterious night shooting, among flowers and sparks.
The fire twinkles both inside the monster and in the environment that surrounds him, like an element that gives life to the monster's rough materiality, just like the pervasive rhythm of the track which permeates the sounds and the melodies.»
«Come la traccia “Doom Room” di Black Shape, remixata da Franz Alice Stern, anche il video di “Doom Room” è stato remixato; partendo dal personaggio disegnato a mano del videpclip animato originale, qui il piccolo mostro è diventato una scultura, realizzata ancora dall'artista Matteo Giampaglia. Quel grazioso mostriciattolo bidimensionale è di nuovo protagonista ma adesso è fisico e corporeo, acceso dal fuoco in un misterioso footage notturno, tra fiori e scintille.
Il fuoco luccica sia dentro il mostro che nell'ambiente che lo circonda, come un elemento che dà vita alla materialità grezza del mostrino, proprio come il ritmo pervasivo della traccia che ne permea suoni e melodie.»
"GSi introduces the 'Gemini', a powerful sound module available in three different formats: as an expansion board for the DMC-122, as a stand-alone rackmount unit or as a table-top module.
The Gemini features 2 independent DSP engines, 15 synthesis types, 11 effect processors, 128 presets, full MIDI control, wi-fi connectivity and editing via a web-application that runs in a conventional web browser.
Please visit www.GenuineSoundware.com for more details.
Music composed and performed by Max Tempia.
All sounds and effects, except drums, come from the GSi Gemini."
"Moog Satellite 2016 '5 Favorite Sounds Filter Demo!'
by Rik Marston **Watch in HD** 100% NO TALKING! Just audio!!
I just bought this rare vintage Moog Satellite Analog
Synthesizer & I just think it is soooooo freaking cool!
I wanted the Minimoog classic lead sound & WHAM!!!!!
I got it -and then some! Killer 1970's REAL VIBE & SOUND!
In the video I tweak the Moog Satellite using "Color" in the
Filter Section, a little GATE, Sustain, Vibrato & Tremolo...
Showing also how LOW this baby can go. A CLEAN LO-END.
Not any distortion even at it's lowest levels in the mix!
Buttery, sweet, classic, real 70's.... very happy I got this synth!
Recorded into Ableton Live 7 with Simple Delay Effects!"
Playlist:
Endangered Audio Research AD4096 + Funk Box TR77 Drum Machine
Endangered Audio Research AD4096 + Funkbox TR-808 Drum Machine
Endangered Audio Research AD4096 + Funkbox TR-909 Drum Machine
Endangered Audio Research AD4096 + Funkbox Rhythm Ace Drum Machine
Endangered Audio Research AD4096 + Korg iMS20
"This is a demo of the now legendary, long-out-of-circulation Endangered Audio Research AD4096, with the Funk Box TR77 running through it. Very few videos show what the AD4096's Infinity Mode is useful for, which is crazy to me, because I feel like that's the best, most unique part of this pedal. Infinity Mode can be tuned to creep on the edge of self-oscillation in a really organic way. New signal pushes old signal out - and in that way it's almost like a looper, or even a tape bleed emulator.
Although a guitar pedal, mixing artists contact us all the time to tell us how they use the AD4096 on drum busses - especially for dub music! I think the AD4096 is killer on drums. You can get a really loose spring-reverb-like tone from short delays.
The Momentary Expand switch shorts the Depth pot and sends it into self-oscillation - the faster the clock speed (the Time knob turned to the right - "backwards" of how most pedals work), the faster it will run wildly into speaker-blasting range. However, with Infinity Mode engaged, you don't get the ever-louder-and-louder signal - it's "limited" because the new incoming signal pushes out the old. Also, if the Depth is turned all the way down, it becomes a momentary off switch.
The Delay line is a more traditional dark, fat analog delay sound, whereas the Echo line has a elevated, rarefied glittery tone. It's almost like an LPF and an HPF line. It also arrives just barely later than the Delay line. It overdrives beautifully, and thanks to its FET transistors, it has an almost tube-like breakup. The combination of these characteristics, along with the totally unique Infinity Mode, makes this the most tonally flexible and musically useful analog delay pedal ever made.
We get almost daily emails about these pedals at Endangered Audio Research. This unit is going to be donated to Oberlin College's TIMARA program when I'm done making demo videos for it, so don't bother trying to buy it from me. We are going to add more delay time with an aftermarket mod that will be available to the public, but first, I'm making a bunch of videos with different sound sources to show what the original sounds like.
EAR is also making a new, updated version of this later this year with expanded functionality, but gotta love the original unit - named one of the best 30 guitar effects in the world by Premier Guitar Magazine.
I don't deal in unprocessed, "clean" demos, because I don't believe it shows you more about the effect you're using. Nothing exists in a vacuum, especially music.
Signal Chain:
iPad - AD4096 - Universal Audio Apollo 8 Duo - Neve 1073 Unison Preamp - Studer A800 - Ampex ATR-102 - A.O.M. Invisible Limiter
Contact me at mark@endangeredaudioresearch.com to reserve a new version of the AD4096, or to inquire about the aftermarket added delay time modification.
By the way, if you're a hater who thinks $375 is too much for 300ms of delay, you should get a digital delay and run it through a LPF. This pedal is not about time - it's all tone, baby.
Here's a link to Funk Box - a total must-have iOS drum machine. It's a fully featured drum machine with a bunch of different sounds from all sorts of classic analog and digital drum machines. It's only $5, and you are fooling yourself if you think the "real thing" sounds better.
"I was personally invited by my favorite music store to see , smell, feel ,play and fall in love with THE most rare ,most expensive , most beautiful sounding synthesizer ever created in the universe. The Yamaha GX-1 a forerunner to the little tiny flyweight baby brother , the Yamaha CS-80. The GX-1 in the video is restored in a genius way by the most excellent service tech in the world Ulf Söderlund. With 4 brand new external power supplies the hum and noise from the audio outputs are totally gone. The oscillators pitch are so good you really need to use the random detune feature to not think you are playing a plugin ;) Did I buy it ? No ! It lacked the 3 Auto rhythm voice cards ! Bummer ! Kidding aside, it was of course not for sale but the rhythm voice cards were actually removed back in the early 80´s to eliminate every little thing to make it more stable in recording and live situations due to underpowered original power supply. Yamaha GX-1 what a huge monument in the history of earth. It should be up there with the other seven wonders of the world !"
"Analogue Solutions LEIPZIG pure analogue monosynth handmade in the UK.
This bass baby comes in a super limited edition with a green front panel ( rare, only two made worldwide ). Real oakwood sidepanels, Moog-ish sounding filter ( lowpass 24dB ), great for bass and lead sounds, also can be used with two audio inputs. 37 semi weighted keys ( Fatar ). Lots of INs / OUTs, can be used with your modular gear and as a control keyboard
( MIDI + CV / Gate ).
It is in mint condition, never left the non-smokers home.
- SPECIAL OFFER -
As a bonus you get a brandnew Korg SQ-1 sequencer to trigger CV / Gate sequences with the Leipzig. The SQ-1 is also great to sequence modular gear like Eurorack or other vintage analogue equipment that doesn't offer MIDI.
SPECs:
2 x Oscillators
1 x Suboscillator
2 x LFOs
2 x ADSR Envelopes
1 x 24dB Moog Lowpass Filter
37 semi weighted keyboard ( velocity sensitive )
INPUTs:
2 x CV-In
2 x Audio-In ( ! )
1 x MIDI-In
1 x Gate In
1 x Power
OUTPUTs:
1 x Headphone Out
2 x VCA Out
2 x CV-Out
1 x MIDI-Out
1 x MIDI-Thru
1 x Gate Out
"LOve this baby,
I'm very very lucky to find a Fenix I (esp in Australia) as these are no longer produced.
I'm hoping she will intergrate well with my Serge, Driscol & NLC synths.
In the video I'm using just three modules (excluding the mixer):
VCO 1 - sine,square,ramp (& sub-oscillator 1 (a square wave 1 oct down) and sub-oscillator 2 )
VCF 3 - A low-pass filter. It has both 12db & 24db slopes plus 3 audio inputs.
LFO 1 - +ve triangle & square.
"'ILLUMIRINGER' Motion Controlled Ring Modulator Pre-Built Kit Add THEREMIN style controlled FX craziness to ANY AUDIO DEVICE!"
"FINALLY! For the first time ever... I am able to offer the ILLUMIRINGER - Motion Controlled Ring Modulator to everyone at an affordable price (I still haven't been able to work out the costs of the pedal).
What is an ILLUMIRINGER you ask? Check out THIS LINK for more information on how this circuit got started. This auction might even be cooler, why? This modification kit can be built into ANY DEVICE THAT PRODUCES AUDIO. Doesn't matter if it has an output jack (guitar, bass, keyboard) or if it has a speaker (iPod dock, guitar amplifier, baby toy etc) this sucker can be installed with only 6 SOLDER POINTS!
I have come up with a simple to follow diagram (shown below) to help illustrate how completely easy it is to install this thing.
To sum it up quickly (which isn't hard)...
STEP 1: You remove the two output wires of your device from the speaker or jack, you solder the output wires of the ILLUMIRINGER mod in their place.
STEP 2: You take the devices output wires you just removed and solder them to the input wires of the ILLUMIRINGER mod kit. We are almost done!
STEP 3: Next we drill holes in the device to mount the LED bezel, 3 selector switches, control knob and LDR Light Sensor and screw them into place.
STEP 4: Next we solder the last two remaining wires to the two leads of the LDR Light Sensor. DONE! Installed!
A Motion / Light controlled Theremin style instrument modification in less than an hours work. And btw... this thing is BEYOND COOL... nothing else like it out on the market.. and at this price you will want to install it into EVERY device in your studio you play out with.
FEATURES:
- 1st of it's kind modification kit!
- Adds a THEREMIN style MOTION CONTROLLED effect to ANY AUDIO DEVICE!
- Super SMALL circuit board (about 1.5" x 1.5") so it is easy to fit into ANY device
- Switch 1 Turns the Effects Circuit On / Off (this is done to save battery when not in use)
- Switch 2 is a Wet / Dry selector. Wet activates the Effect, Dry is the clean audio signal
- Switch 3 allows you select either Motion / Light control over the effect or Knob Control
- HUGE 12mm LDR Light Sensor to get MAXIMUM motion control
- Red professionally Bezel Mounted Power Indicator LED
- SIMPLE to install into ANY AUDIO DEVICE with a speaker or mono output jack!
- Device will work & sound EXACTLY as it did before the mod when FX are off (True Bypass)
- Minimal / Basic Soldering Skills needed (entire install can take less than an hour)
- 9V Battery Powered (EXTREMELY long battery life, circuit will run with less than 3V!)
- Professionally designed, built and tested before arriving to you
- ADDICTIVE TO PLAY WITH! Brings a completely new life to audio gear your are bored of!
- Adds ENDLESS now tone and performance possibilities to ANY AUDIO DEVICE!
- MEGA AFFORDABLE!!!!!!!!!!"
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2 Tristan Perich: Noise Patterns
Daniel Wohl w/ Iktus Percussion
Lucky Dragons
This Wednesday: a special intimate NYC performance of Tristan Perich's "Noise Patterns", with performances by Lucky Dragons and Daniel Wohl + IKTUS.
April 2, 2014 at 8:00pm
Baby's All Right
146 Broadway (at Bedford Ave), Brooklyn, NY
"Expanding on Perich's 1-Bit Symphony and tonal works for electronic circuits and acoustic instruments, Noise Patterns is a composition for sequenced 1-bit patterns of white noise, programmed for and performed by microchip. Instead of synthesizing definite frequencies, the code in Noise Patterns outputs random sequences of 1s and 0s. The 'notes' of Perich’s 'score' are then varying probabilities of randomness—ranging from the sound of white noise to sporadic instantaneous pops—which he composes into rhythmic patterns. In a tidal wave of 1-bit noise, the music is an investigation into the foundational limits of computation, which surface in the seemingly simple world of randomness."
And other events featuring Tristan's work:
MAR 29
Ensemble 0 performs Tristan Perich's "Observations" (with other works by Billy Martin, John Cage, Steve Reich, Angelica Negron)
Médiathèque André Labarrère
Pau, France
MAR 30
Unwind Concert Series: Mark DeMull performs Tristan Perich's "Momentary Expanse"
The Avenue, Lansing, MI
APR 2
Frontiers Festival: the festival's Resident Ensemble presents a program of works by Birmingham Conservatoire students alongside music by Tristan Perich, Anna Clyne, and Missy Mazzoli’s Orrizonte.
Birmingham Conservatoire
United Kingdom
MAY 30
FIVE: junctQin keyboard collective plays Tristan Perich's "qsqsqsqsqqqqqqqqq" (and works by Thierry De Mey, Elisha Denburg, Chad Martin, and Tomi Räisänen)
Gallery 345
Toronto, Canada
JUNE 5
Ensemble 0 performs Tristan Perich's "Observations"
Carcassonne, France
JUNE 12
Open Ears Festival: junctQin keyboard collective performs Tristan Perich's "qsqsqsqsqqqqqqqqq" (with works by Thierry De Mey, Elisha Denburg, Chad Martin, and Tomi Räisänen)
Registry Theatre
Kitchener, Canada
JUNE 21
Socrates Sculpture Park: SOUND EVENT
Socrates Sculpture Park
Queens, NY
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