Bionic synthesis: artists make music with a prosthetic arm, eye motion

Accessibility in music can mean expanding expression beyond what is normally physically possible. For one artist, that means jacking a prosthesis as CV – for another, overcoming paralysis to make music with eyes alone. Bertolt Meyer was already producing and DJing, even with a birth condition that left him without the lower portion of one […]

Someone made a Pomodoro timer for Ableton Live, so you can stay productive, take breaks

Productivity engineering has come to music production. A popular method for timeboxing is now available as a free Live add-on.

Peter Kirn - February 12, 2020

Welcome to Hell: the marvelous, mad musical instruments of Ewa Justka

Some people claim electronic music is the work of the devil. Inventor Ewa Justka creates things that could actually prove it.

Peter Kirn - February 7, 2020

Hear Jan Wagner’s intimate piano electronics, before they enter a planetarium dome

Peter Kirn - February 5, 2020

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

Peter Kirn - February 2, 2020

The biggest music gear news and best videos to watch from NAMM

Peter Kirn - January 27, 2020

Your guide to the 3 best new underground synths from NAMM – not a clone in sight

Peter Kirn - January 21, 2020

Pioneer’s new 6-channel DJ mixer could be a producer and live act favorite

Peter Kirn - January 17, 2020

KORG has a sneak peak of a new DX7-like FM synth – the opsix

Peter Kirn - January 17, 2020

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