Music Stories
Watch what Herbie Hancock had to say about technology in 1984
It’s time to dig into the archives. I’d seen this before, but it hits differently now. Herbie Hancock jams out in the studio with Quincy Jones in a 1984 film. It’s notable for what Herbie says with his music, with his approach to the machines, and with how he thinks about humans.
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Agitate Ableton Live tempos, chop up YouTube slop, more with Oliver Torr
Oliver Torr is disrupting your sound waves, mangling your Ableton Live tempo (alongside the awesome duo MIRA新伝統), and assembling drum kits out of AI-surfed YouTube chaos. The Glazmo Network founder has been doing deep research into “sonic mythologies,” and that includes two tools that are must-have for fans of uncertainty, glitch, and general inspiration. Plus, you should look into Oliver’s and Mira’s recent albums if you missed them.
Peter Kirn - September 28, 2026
Music Music tech Software Tech
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
Peter Kirn - September 23, 2026
Gear Music tech Stories Tech
Digital Arabic Maqām Archive and open-source MIDI plug-in now available
Peter Kirn - July 22, 2026
Music Music tech Software Tech
iZotope is now joining founder-owned AV software house Boris FX
Peter Kirn - July 2, 2026
Motion Music tech Tech
Music in training sets is the new Spotify Wrapped: how genAI uses your music
Peter Kirn - June 22, 2026
Music Music tech Tech
With Latent Terrain, crack open AI and explore neural synthesis in Max
Peter Kirn - June 17, 2026
DIY + Unusual Music tech Software Tech
