Envion: a free, open, algorithmic drum composition environment in Pd

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Data Knot for Max is machine learning as musicians want it: human-focused

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The Blaster Beam, a massive instrument invented by Captain Kirk’s nephew

Peter Kirn - September 17, 2025

How Elizabeth Parker wove the score of 1984’s The Living Planet

Peter Kirn - August 28, 2025

Death dances and liberatory sounds of I Shall Sing Until My Land Is Free 

Peter Kirn - August 24, 2025

Lyra Pramuk on Hymnal, invention, and the spontaneity of slime mold

Peter Kirn - August 18, 2025

1996 peak Microsoft chillwave: if you heard it at all, you only heard it once

Peter Kirn - July 16, 2025

How to make the most of Drum Trigs in Fugue Machine Rubato (macOS, iOS)

Peter Kirn - July 2, 2025

Stewart Copeland, Spyro the Dragon, and a community effort in sound

Peter Kirn - June 26, 2025