A.I.! Good gawd y’all – what is it good for? Absolutely … upscaling, actually. Some of machine learning’s powers may prove to be simple but transformative.
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Samplr, the genius sampling app for iPad, is also getting a long-awaited update
Samplr, one of the best music-making apps on iOS, is getting its first update since 2014.
Happy 02 02 2020 202 day – celebrate with some 202 music!
808 day? 909 day? No, 202 on 0202 2020 comes but once, for real hardcore numerology fans in music – and TM404 is on it.
The gold-standard granular app just got a huge update – Borderlands 2.1 for iPad
Borderlands was already a breakthrough – an instrument that lets you explore all the timbral frontiers of granular synthesis. “2.1” sounds small, but it brings major improvements and feature requests.
Alternate African Reality: reorient your listening with this terrific electronic compilation
Don’t miss out on music – speaking of getting Africa back on your listening list, here’s an extraordinary, wide-reaching compilation of some of the most adventurous sounds from Africa and the diaspora.
Afrorack and Africa’s first DIY modular synth make some wild, delicious grooves
Bamanya Brian from Uganda wanted to explore modular synthesis – so he turned his electronics skills to making the instruments he needed himself. The gear is DIY; the resulting music is irresistible.
Move that butt, with some banging music from Noncompliant – it’s what makes you human
It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that … jacky thing. Noncompliant’s latest remix embodies a certain sound that makes the tuchas move. And hey, evolution is on her side.
The biggest music gear news and best videos to watch from NAMM
The US musical instrument show NAMM dropped the usual amount of gear news on us – now here’s the highlights reel.
Exquisite paintings, with analog signal and modular gear as brush
Working with image signal instead of sound remains to many an undiscovered country. One artist is producing beautiful meditations on analog video – and charting his work.
This how-to for beginning VJs is probably… not ideally where you want to start
VJ communities on social media today have been puzzling over a wiki on “How to Become a Popular Vj.” Get ready for the knowledge.