Welcome to YouTube Hell: A MIDI pack reseller silences criticism

YouTube is elevating new voices to prominence in music technology as in other fields. But the platform’s esoteric rules are also ripe for abuse – as one YouTube host claims.

Automated techno: Eternal Flow generates dance music for you

Techno, without all those pesky human producers? Petr Serkin’s Eternal Flow is a generative radio station – and even a portable device – able to make endless techno and deep house variations automatically.

Peter Kirn - April 29, 2019

Founder of music tech forum has died; outpourings of support for Mike McGrath

One of the largest forums for music tech nerd-kind this week reports the loss of its founder: Muff Wiggler’s creator, Mike McGrath, has died. The Internet responds.

Peter Kirn - April 23, 2019

Years of MySpace music deleted; Internet weeps

Peter Kirn - March 18, 2019

A free, shared visual playground in the browser: Olivia Jack talks Hydra

Peter Kirn - February 22, 2019

SoundCloud will now handle distributing your music – and give you a 100% cut

Peter Kirn - February 19, 2019

Live coding group toplap celebrates days of live streaming, events

Peter Kirn - February 15, 2019

Magical 3D visuals, patched together with wires in browser: Cables.gl

Ted Pallas - January 31, 2019

The words most used to describe releases at Hard Wax

Peter Kirn - January 21, 2019

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