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What’s new in the DIY world of Music Thing’s Workshop System
It’s a Very Workshop System Jamuary. Music Thing’s patchable music lab-in-a-lunchbox has proved that small-batch personal hardware can attract a select, dedicated community sharing great stuff with one another. Let’s catch up with what’s been happening in that magical village of synth wonder in the past year. Don’t forget, the ideas and code here are all open — meaning this could inspire more.
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SuperSonic: SuperCollider synth is fun, playful, colorful, free, in any Web page
It’s the full SuperCollider synth, without the installation. You can add it to any site (self-hosted). It performs seamlessly via WebAssembly. But most importantly, it’s fun, colorful, and comes with examples and an OSC API so it can interface with live coding tools like Tidal (or your favorite). And you can mess around with it right now, for free.
Peter Kirn - November 15, 2025
Music tech Software Tech Web
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.
Peter Kirn - September 18, 2025
DIY + Unusual Mode Motion Music Music tech Software Tech
Harvestworks, NYC arts center founded in 1977, threatened by US funding cuts
Peter Kirn - May 7, 2025
DIY + Unusual Motion Music Tech
Here it is, a cover of Kendrick Lamar and more awesomeness for the Otamatone
Peter Kirn - February 14, 2025
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Learn music instrument design from Roger Linn and Sasha Leitman
Peter Kirn - June 8, 2024
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