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Happy 20th to Imogen Heap’s Speak for Yourself
Imogen Heap is always up to exciting new things, but let’s take a moment to celebrate 20 years ago. Her landmark Speak for Yourself turns 20, and it’s getting. a proper part with a vinyl release (at last), a remaster, and even the chance to listen to “Hide and Seek” in Spatial Audio on Apple Music. Good timing, too: the TikTok generation has made “Headlock” a surprise second smash from this album. Now the full record gets a second life.
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Epic’s free 3D scanner is now RealityScan, and does desktop and mobile
Get a phone, scan the world, make 3D models and scenes. You know the pitch, and it’s been powerful for advanced pros and visual hobbyists alike. But Epic’s own RealityCapture had fallen behind offerings like PolyCam, Luma 3D, and others. Now Epic is back, and we might have a reason to reconsider, with a rebrand, a mobile update, and some powerful features on desktop (Windows-only at the moment). Plus, the price is right: free for anyone with revenues below $1 million. Let’s look:
1996 peak Microsoft chillwave: if you heard it at all, you only heard it once
Move over, Brian Eno. “Velkommen” by Stan LePard is 90s Microsoft chillwave at its best. But like catching a fleeting glimpse of Brigadoon, for many years this song was heard over Microsoft installations and then lost to time–until passionate fans archived it for the ages. Even if that happened before you were born, you owe it to yourself to experience the supreme calm that only this track can bring.
These retro and SGI-inspired Ableton Live themes will make you smile
Peter Kirn - July 12, 2025
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Sampleslicer MKIII, the definitive real-time sampler looper slicer module
Peter Kirn - July 11, 2025
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FL Studio 2025: Mixer add and delete, AI help, more plugins, Python scripts
Peter Kirn - July 10, 2025
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Renoise 3.5 is huge: phrase scripting, tuning support, splitter effect, more
Peter Kirn - July 8, 2025
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Tom Oberheim turns 89 today; a conversation with Tom
Peter Kirn - July 7, 2025
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