The latest attempt to make digital music tangible: NFC-powered Muse Blocks

We are living in an immaterial world. Muse Blocks, tiles with embedded NFC chips, are one idea, and now team up with a popular electronic music label.

The gold-standard granular app just got a huge update – Borderlands 2.1 for iPad

Borderlands was already a breakthrough – an instrument that lets you explore all the timbral frontiers of granular synthesis. “2.1” sounds small, but it brings major improvements and feature requests.

Peter Kirn - February 2, 2020

Now your smartphone can livestream with proper audio and more, using this new Roland gadget

The GO:LIVECAST promises to transform your smartphone from a craptacular lo-fi hassle into an all-in-one multitasking studio.

Peter Kirn - January 9, 2020

Hey Metronome: this $1 iOS app doesn’t threaten privacy or require online access

Peter Kirn - December 23, 2019

L7 is what the Loop Station would be like as an iOS app, not hardware – and now it’s just $4

Peter Kirn - December 10, 2019

Here are the best Black Friday deals for electronic musicians, visualists

Peter Kirn - November 28, 2019

Eventide’s iOS effects are quietly becoming must-have tools

Peter Kirn - November 18, 2019

Listen to ambient sound from around the world, recorded with a 4’33” app

Peter Kirn - October 31, 2019

Fractal Bits is a drum synth with over 4 billion sounds, for iOS and Android [warmplace.ru]

Peter Kirn - October 15, 2019

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