Dennis DeSantis on Eastman’s new degree; electronic music as instrument

Dennis DeSantis is known by a wide swath of the music production community as a face of education at Ableton, including the Making Music book. His new role is at the Eastman School of Music, where he’s helming their new BM in Music Creation and Technology. Let’s talk to Dennis about that program, and more broadly, how to think about music technology and education.

Homesickness and loss in sound, from Detroit to Beirut: Layan Srour

What does it mean to grieve home — being away from home and actually losing home? What does it mean to express that grief in sound, and to create spaces and belong through music? Detroit-based, Beirut-raised Layan Srour asks these questions in her own work, the duo Taqsim, and in an event series called Jalasat.

Peter Kirn - August 24, 2026

otophon is a plug-in to play tones inside your head

This one’s for the heads, literally. Otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) are sounds produced by your ear, ghostly tones emitted from inside the cochlea itself. The phenomenon has been employed in experimental music (and medical applications), but it has been hard to explore on your own — until now.

Peter Kirn - August 14, 2026

Remembering Kieran Foster; legendary Glitch2 effect now free

Peter Kirn - August 2, 2026

Vintage Max patches revived: free downloads, Leafcutter John and Suren

Peter Kirn - July 31, 2026

photo of the artist Gigi Masin

Gigi Masin on Movement, the age of sampling, and thinking analog

David Abravanel - July 31, 2026

The Bob Moog Foundation Archives just added 4489 items from inMusic

Peter Kirn - July 27, 2026

Detroit legend John Jammin Collins has passed

Peter Kirn - July 26, 2026

NI after NI: which brand is where, and who owns whom

Peter Kirn - July 17, 2026