Games as art, music as game medium, in free festival online: A MAZE.

You couldn’t come to Berlin for Synthposium. But in this year of the virtual, you can explore electronic media from anywhere, without a plane ticket, at A MAZE. It’s relevant to the moment – and can be relevant to music and visual performance, too.

Death and failure, electronically: how vintage games sound when you “die”

In 2016, Johannes Kreidler examined the compositions signaling your demise in a dizzying array of vintage video games. As even our phones “gamify” pandemics, it seems weirdly relevant. The conversation came up as Johannes asked what sorts of musical cues should be composed for integration into COVID-19 pandemic notification apps. (The German government this week […]

Peter Kirn - June 16, 2020

Streamlabs is an easier, free all-in-one streaming app, now on Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android

Start with OBS, the now industry-standard streaming app, and add a bunch of special sauce to make it easier and friendlier. Now you’ve got Streamlabs – and it just added Mac support to its other platforms.

Peter Kirn - April 3, 2020

KORG have new hybrid/analog mixers, made with Greg Mackie and Peter Watts

Peter Kirn - January 14, 2020

Watch KORG Gadget on Nintendo Switch prove music can be multiplayer fun, too

Peter Kirn - December 6, 2019

Game Boy music classic Nanoloop is coming to two dedicated mobile gadgets

Peter Kirn - November 13, 2019

KORG are making Pokémon metronomes and tuners

Peter Kirn - September 9, 2019

SEGA, Taito arcade come to KORG Gadget on Nintendo Switch

Peter Kirn - July 4, 2019

Playdate is an indie game handheld with a crank from Teenage Engineering, Panic

Peter Kirn - May 23, 2019

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