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New VCV Rack modules – including JW Arrange so you can finish tracks
Ah, shiny, new, free modules for the free VCV Rack. They’re a perfect solution to starting new tracks and playing with new toys. Of course, that’s not a problem most of us have. Starting is easy; finishing is hard. Enter JW Arrange. Let’s have a look.
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Expressive playing with MPE, demystified
MPE, MIDI Polyphonic Expression, can make playing digital instruments expressive in ways we’ve desired for decades. It’s just down to understanding everything you can do – and composer Josh Madoff has a fantastic tutorial and Osmose demos that make this technology more accessible to anyone.
Peter Kirn - February 20, 2025
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Ryuichi Sakamoto was always a leap ahead: sounds, machines, outpouring of remembrances
From music to technology, fashion to performance, few artists can reveal a future to so many people as Ryuichi Sakamoto did in his work. The world he touched learned of his death today.
Sakamoto and Alva Noto again create electronics, scoring masterpiece
Peter Kirn - February 4, 2016
Music Music tech
Techno as Science: Nicolas Bougaïeff Explains Max for Live, Meta-Music, Steve Reich [Video, Theory]
Hallvard - November 12, 2013
Music Music tech
Music in the Key of monome: From Samples, a Community Makes a Free Album
Peter Kirn - December 29, 2011
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