Patchstorage is a friendly site packed with free visual and music patches

Patching music and visuals is fun, but it helps to learn from other people. With everything from apps (Audulus) to modulars (Softube, VCV Rack) to code and free software (Pd, SuperCollider, Bela), patchstorage is like a free social network for actually making stuff.

Apple to open source, cross-platform GPU tech: drop dead?

Apple’s decision to shift to its own proprietary tech for accessing modern GPUs could hurt research, education, and pro applications on their platform.

Peter Kirn - June 5, 2018

Inside the livecoding algorave movement, and what it says about music

Using code for live music has gone from geeky fringe to underground revolution, offering a fresh approach to music and pattern, even for first-time coders. Alex McLean is one of the people at the center of this medium’s growth.

Peter Kirn - May 29, 2018

Unreal game engine’s modular sound features explained: video

Peter Kirn - May 24, 2018

Cram Commodore 64 speech synthesis into your rack with this firmware

Peter Kirn - May 24, 2018

The Touché, adding expression to synths – just in time for Moogfest

Peter Kirn - May 17, 2018

This Stylophone business card is the best music nerd handout ever

Peter Kirn - May 14, 2018

8BitMixtapeNEO is a glitchy hackable synth the size of a cassette tape

Peter Kirn - May 14, 2018

There’s a do-everything music box coming from the maker of monome

Peter Kirn - April 28, 2018

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