Ripple Phaser, the latest Minimal Audio standalone effect, breaks free of modeling vintage hardware and lets you explore varied filtering and dispersion – all the way to the extreme.
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Live radio from Gaza, Khan Younis and Bethlehem-Hebron choirs meet
Music December 24, 2024
Liz Pelly’s Spotify book reveals how company uses ghost content
Music Tech Web December 19, 2024
The Speak & Spell is reborn as a chaos monster and glitchy groovebox
You’ve heard the Speak & Spell. You’ve heard circuit-bent Speak & Spell. But are you ready to open a Hellmouth of total destructive speech chaos based on combining those into a massively powerful groovebox?
DJSOULSEEK is organizing for Sudan even through grief; you can join her
Sudan’s unimaginable dispossession and death continue. In Berlin, Soul Suleiman, a DJ of Sudanese descent, has been organizing relief efforts and amplifying Sudanese voices. With the loss of Soul’s family in Sudan, other artists are doubling their efforts in support – and you can join in.
New videos, manuals for Liquid Sky V4-CO + GLITHc: 8-bit glitchy witchcraft
Liquid Sky’s V4-CO and GLITHc combine into a wavetable sound design laboratory for Eurorack. The V4-CO is already multiple modules in one – and then you can hack and glitch it at a bit-by-bit level with all the goodies on the GLITHc. It’s so unique that people may not grok it right away. So let’s grok.
Free Blackmagic Camera shoots video on your phone – iOS, Android
Blackmagic Design’s free Camera app is the latest software to try to transform your smartphone into a serious video camera, with support for both Android and iOS devices. Version 1.1 adds a bunch of functionality on both OSes and significantly expands Android device support. Plus, there’s a twist—that Blackmagic “cinematic” look.
VCV’s new Compressor rounds out effects modules in VCV Rack Pro
VCV has added a Compressor to the range of effects in the Pro version. That full range is a strong offering, but the unique flexibility of the Compressor might well put it over the top.
Chip Brat is here: Charli XCX on Game Boy and LSDJ
Brat Summer needed an 8-bit edition. Our friend Leeni is here to provide, and obviously, LSDJ is very brat. Charli XCX to Leeni translates perfectly.
Sinevibes effects now on KORG’s ultra-affordable NTS-1 mkII, NTS-3
Sinevibes continues to provide top-notch support for KORG platforms. The maker’s chorus, flanger, and phaser are now on KORG’s newest NTS-1 mkII and NTS-3, with more coming soon. If you bought them on past platforms, the upgrade is even free.
Go watch this deep dive on AI-generated textures – what works, what doesn’t
Machine learning isn’t necessarily always going to be about typing a prompt and letting the machine do the work. There are far subtler possibilities in generating tiles – and even how tiles are grafted together for seamless materials. Here’s a great deep dive into that topic.
Reharmonized tone-deaf Star-Spangled Banner is now its own genre
We live in extraordinary times—times when the Internet has driven innovation and shared culture to previously unknown levels. And as with extreme performance in pro sports, we’re now treated to harmonization of the most tone-deaf renditions of the USA’s national anthem that are reimagining tonal harmony.