Roaches, mealworms, shrieking bubbles, and more in free Richard Devine sound samples

The chalk is underwater, screaming like a chattering alien. Or that’s how it sounds through a hydrophone. Enter the weird world of some of Richard Devine’s field recordings – then grab the sounds for your own Creative Commons-licensed creations.

Laurie Anderson, in video, on the stories behind her custom-built instruments

A violin can be totally transformed – and the performance with it – from ice skates to neon instruments to ventriloquists’ dummies. Laurie Anderson in this film talks about her many ingenious instrumental inventions.

Peter Kirn - September 27, 2021

NVIDIA’s SIGGRAPH brag: more real-time realism and lighting, more AI, more Omniverse

Good news for artists from NVIDIA this week – think more efficient photorealistic renders in realtime, and more Omniverse support, including for the free and open source Blender.

Peter Kirn - August 10, 2021

The newest sound-making device is the trampoline – and here’s a synth made for bouncing on it

Peter Kirn - June 9, 2020

Australia is using sound to monitor its wildlife and ecosystem

Peter Kirn - November 26, 2019

This radio station broadcasts sounds of rats – and it sounds amazing

Peter Kirn - April 8, 2019

Here are some of the weirdest musical instrument ideas from NAMM

Peter Kirn - March 18, 2019

Animals and Synthesizers is reason to love the Internet again

Peter Kirn - December 19, 2018

Escape vanilla modulation: Nikol shows you waveshaping powers

Peter Kirn - November 20, 2018

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