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Alpaca interweaves code and pattern, from music to textile to dance
The history of computation is connected to textiles. And in everything from choreographic gestures to weaving, one event makes patterns sing in music and materials and bodies. Across Sheffield, Berlin, Barcelona, Linz, and online, the latest Alpaca Conference is entering its second weekend, following an in-person festival the first weekend.
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Ableton on Apple Silicon: smaller buffer sizes, lower CPU load
Ableton has published a tech note on reducing CPU load on Macs with Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3). This is both a good tip and good news: smaller buffer sizes, which also translate to lower latency, now often reduce CPU usage.
Peter Kirn - December 18, 2023
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What the future of the NUC platform means for Ableton Push standalone
One of the big features of Ableton Push is its standalone mode and upgradeability, enabled by the Intel-developed NUC platform. Over the summer, Intel discontinued that platform, raising some questions about where NUC was headed. Now, with Asus officially taking over NUC, here’s a look at the platform and what it could mean for Push 3’s future, with Ableton’s head of hardware weighing in.
Pirouette machines: sound and computation from screw cans and fluidics, with Ioana Vreme Moser
Peter Kirn - January 30, 2023
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Apple gets the Pro back in MacBook Pro with more power – and ports and keys
Peter Kirn - October 18, 2021
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Apple to open source, cross-platform GPU tech: drop dead?
Peter Kirn - June 5, 2018
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MusicMakers Hacklab Berlin to take on artificial minds as theme
Peter Kirn - December 1, 2017
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