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Premiere: Vexillary’s “Animalic” 3D music video channels Alien, Venom
Your music video break begins now. From New York’s Vexillary and 3D artist Leo Andrade (genre: “Cyber Horror”) comes a music video channeling Alien and Venom to imagine a dark sci-fi world for this driving techno-pop anthem. Let’s watch:
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The road to Synplant 2: the story behind this mind-bending plug-in sequel
Synplant 2: it’s still leafy and organic – just more so. Now it has AI-powered sonic analysis and generation which – can sound completely glitchy and unexpected. It has a DNA view full of parameters. It’s weirder than ever, from top to bottom. So here are some more insights from Magnus Lidström about how the original 2009 Synplant led to 2023’s Synplant-further-out follow-up.
Peter Kirn - October 16, 2023
Music tech Software Tech
Inside Ableton’s Drift, the hardware-inspired synth in Live 11, with designer Marc Resibois
Drift is a friendly, MPE-ready, hardware-inspired synth that’s now included in Live 11.3. Since anyone with Live 11 – even Live Lite users – will get it free, let’s go straight to the source to understand the instrument. We took the chance to talk to Marc Resibois, the instrument’s creator, about how Drift was developed – and get his tips on sound creation and some of the sound features you might otherwise miss.
Peter Kirn - May 31, 2023
Music tech Software Stories Tech
May the 4th be with you, in a new documentary on the sounds of Skywalker
Peter Kirn - May 4, 2022
Motion Music tech Tech
Behind the scenes of a sci-fi 3D music video, as Defasten takes us deep into Notch
Peter Kirn - February 22, 2021
Establishment Motion Software Tech
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