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What happens when AI-synthesized vocals meet choral notation?
Tokyo-based startup Dreamtonics is doing unparalleled work with AI-powered voices; their Synthesizer V Studio enables a level of precision that combines that of recording and synthesis. Add that to Steinberg’s Dorico scorewriter, and you get a machine mockup of solo singers and choirs that we’ve never heard before. But there are a lot of details involved — so let’s hear from an expert.
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Warner does a deal with Suno, Udio; what could possibly go wrong?
It’s Lucy and the football time with the music industry. Having led artists into a complete disaster with streaming, they seem poised to do it again, on a grander scale, with generative AI. Warner has a deal with Suno today, following Udio earlier this week. Peace for our time.
Peter Kirn - November 25, 2025
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MadMapper, Queen of Mapping, adds timelines, clips, more in v6
How far MadMapper has come. The tool, built as a collaboration between Swiss GarageCube and French studio 1024 architecture, helped define projection mapping for a generation of visualists. It has matured into a broadly versatile media tool, and v6 brings timelines, montage tracks, clips, audio features, and more to manage your project work, all wrapped into a new UI. Here’s the quick rundown.
Roland’s pedal concept uses AI to let you process everything with anything
Peter Kirn - November 12, 2025
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Cubase 15: Expression Maps, rich patterns, updated Modulators, plug-ins
Peter Kirn - November 5, 2025
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Data Knot for Max is machine learning as musicians want it: human-focused
Peter Kirn - October 23, 2025
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