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Tuesday June 17, 2025. 11:44 PM
Barry Vercoe, composer and music scientist, founded MIT's electronic music efforts and helped shape the Lab's efforts in digital synthesis and machine listening and learning. But his biggest impact came outside the academy: as the inventor of Csound, he took the original...
Trans communities are organizing and acting, building on an ongoing long-term struggle. And it's time to go physical. Trans Music Archive is working on physical editions of some terrific music, and they're asking for your support. The post Trans Music Archive opens,...
Sunday June 15, 2025. 08:04 PM
The unprovoked attack by Israel on Iran this week has put civilians in both locations in the line of fire and the entire region at risk of escalating war. There's a loud chorus from many of my Iranian friends, colleagues, and the artists I've written about over the years....
Friday June 13, 2025. 08:34 PM
Connecting with a musical voice isn't always about hearing something glossy and finished. Sometimes, with the chaos and horrors around us, that perfectly-ordered kind of music can even cease to make sense. These electronic emanations from FAX, the Baja California,...
Thursday June 12, 2025. 06:36 PM
Ableton Live 12.2 went from beta to public yesterday. And there's more for all Live users - Iftah has an accessible tuner device called Pitch Pipe and Side Brain has an awesome free instrument rack for performing granular tricks, among other new add-ons. You don't have time...
Tuesday June 10, 2025. 08:19 PM
Inclusion and accessibility are the answer. They're why we're here—and they're a way for developers to support themselves by reaching new audiences. Let's tune in to Apple's latest WWDC sessions on the topic, as there are notes here both within Apple's ecosystem and for...
Monday June 9, 2025. 09:27 PM
Mutable Instruments' Frames had one of Émilie's best and most underrated ideas: apply keyframing, as in animation and motion, to modular control. Now, Grayscale Modular is developing that concept with 12 channels and more control. It's available for $399 as hardware, or you ...
Friday June 6, 2025. 07:17 PM
Don't let front of house tell you you can't crank your live set because it 'isn't mastered.' And don't let the diminutive size of these modules fool you in the studio, either. Aircraft Designs, a group of young engineers from Ukraine, has built a promising take on signal...
Thursday June 5, 2025. 07:13 PM
Get hands-on control of Euclidean rhythms on Ableton Push, Push 2, Push 3, and even Push 3 standalone, with Mark Towers' new creation for Max for Live. And wow, this is addictive--especially for generating geometric melodies and techno grooves. The post Push:Euclidean Mode...
Wednesday June 4, 2025. 07:49 PM
Moog Messenger is something new. Because that's the first major product entirely developed under new owners inMusic*, that might make you nervous. But this synth is full of surprises—and could be the Moog synth your rig has been missing. Moog's Erik Norlander, Director of...
Tuesday June 3, 2025. 07:37 PM
Ah, shiny, new, free modules for the free VCV Rack. They're a perfect solution to starting new tracks and playing with new toys. Of course, that's not a problem most of us have. Starting is easy; finishing is hard. Enter JW Arrange. Let's have a look. The post New VCV Rack...
Monday June 2, 2025. 08:58 PM
What if an instrument revolutionized synthesis, but most folks didn't notice? That's the 1993 Yamaha VL1 in a nutshell. Its approach to modeling a range of instrumental vibrations, resonances, reflections, and articulations is deeply connected to instruments today. But most...
The Tandy Corporation-manufactured, Radio Shack-sold TRS-80 computer debuted in 1977. But now you can now add full polyphonic MIDI support thanks to George Philipps and Michael Wessel. And it's already transformed into a serious live instrument and production tool. Assembly...
Friday May 30, 2025. 05:39 PM
It's unofficial. It'll void your warranty. But - that adds to the fun, right? Move-Extended gives you a companion website for Ableton Move that adds new features, including sample reverse, a Drum Rack Inspector, Macro editing for synths, kit slicing, chord kits, and MIDI...
Wait - maybe that's the worst mash-ups. They're so bad they're good, though. Microsoft Research Songsmith, a 2009 automatic accompaniment software that worked with monophonic vocal input, was best known for its viral, cringeworthy promo video. But long before generative AI...
Thursday May 29, 2025. 07:23 PM
It's time for a very special episode of Magical Synth Adventures. Armed with some rare and wonderful grooveboxes, host, artist, and music tech journalist Paulee Alex Bow turns their hate mail into songs - and surprise, you get some bangers. The post Paulee Alex Bow makes...
Wednesday May 28, 2025. 04:38 PM
Apple updated Logic Pro for iPad and macOS today. They're leading with stem splitting enhancements and sound packs, but advanced users may be more interested in a bunch of improvements across the mixer, automation, Spatial Audio, accessibility, and more. Here's what...
MD1 is the full library of famous and obscure hardware drum machines your Ableton Move needs - plus a bunch of Drift presets and tonal samples, to boot. It's optimized for Ableton Move, and comes with well-organized sample files you can use anywhere. The post MD1: classic...
Tuesday May 27, 2025. 09:55 PM
In a challenging three acts - purification, initiation, and revelation - Universe in Prayer - فَلَک در ذِکْر takes the Bohlen-Pierce scale as a starting point for an intentional 'invocation of Otherness, mystery, and transcendence.' It's the latest from...
Monday May 26, 2025. 07:56 PM
US readers, if you're looking for deals on new gear, major retailers are all running sales. Here are a few hand-picked selections I'd be scoping out if I lived in the US. And for now, while some inventory is backordered, you can lock in pre-tariff pricing. The post Memorial ...
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