Resolume 7.28 uses vision to let you play with intelligent live effects and blends

Take a break from the surveillance nightmare around us for computer vision that’s local, not online, and doing creative, artistic things, instead. Resolume 7.28 adds some powerful Wire nodes and new effects and blends, all powered by vision. Yep, Resolume’s removing your backgrounds, segmenting your humans, estimating depth — and it’s good, clean fun.

Elektron is halting sharing of mods and hacks on its forums; official comments

Music gearmaker Elektron last week announced it would not allow sharing hacks and modifications for its devices on its official Elektronauts forum or social media channels. In a statement, the company says a sudden surge in firmware hacking, apparently driven at least in part by AI, helped motivate the decision. Here are the details.

Peter Kirn - September 23, 2026

Oldest recorded voices, haunted dolls, and more from Tempest Instruments

New sound technologies? Sure, okay, I guess. But haunted dolls of the 1890s as made by Thomas Edison? Oh, now you’ve got my attention. So in case you haven’t discovered this before, Tempest Instruments, a “small team” led by TV/film and video game composer Alex Davis, has been collected strange sound ephemera of the 19th […]

Peter Kirn - September 22, 2026

Cook every day: read Suzanne Ciani’s 1976 Buchla Cookbook, for free

Peter Kirn - September 21, 2026

Adam Wiltzie talks about his posthumous collaboration with Jóhann Jóhannsson

Peter Kirn - September 18, 2026

x0xb0x, the synth that launched an open-source hardware boom, is reborn

Peter Kirn - September 17, 2026

MOTU DP12 arrives, adding Dolby Atmos and more to a DAW classic

Peter Kirn - September 16, 2026

Elgato’s Stream Deck as a DAW companion; new Reaper controller

Peter Kirn - September 15, 2026

ALM records everything to stems, and now mixes, too, in compact modules

Peter Kirn - September 13, 2026