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Harps with flowers that bloom and more fanciful creations of Monique Evette
If you don’t know her work, computer scientist Monique “Evette” Byars has built spectacular, animated instruments, merging digital modeling and fabrication techniques. Flowers bloom. Guitars are reimagined as koi ponds. Sounds get transformed into wearable resin structures. It’s enough to make you want to up your airbrush, math, and science games.
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Cook every day: read Suzanne Ciani’s 1976 Buchla Cookbook, for free
In 1976, Suzanne Ciani reported back to the USA’s National Endowment for the Arts with a report on her compositions, in the form of a modular cookbook. Now you can read her notes and follow along using entirely free software, complete with sound examples. I love overusing the cookbook metaphor, maybe just because food is […]
Peter Kirn - September 21, 2026
Modular-Analog Music Music tech Software Tech
Kevin Saunderson teaches a free 909 workshop, online and in Detroit
The best 909 Day reveal yesterday was this: on Saturday, Kevin Saunderson, techno originator and one of the Belleville Three, teaches a free workshop on the 909 with Roland (with Dustin Good). You can tune in online, and until tomorrow, there are in-person slots in Detroit, at Waajeed’s Underground Music Academy.
Peter Kirn - September 10, 2026
Gear Music Music tech Tech
A $5 modular drum circuit, a free online course, and how it grows into more
Peter Kirn - August 21, 2026
DIY + Unusual Music Music tech Tech
Handmade experimental synths and DIY from Argentina’s Los Aparatos
Peter Kirn - August 17, 2026
DIY + Unusual Gear Music tech Tech
Ableton quietly launched Learn, powered by the engine from Note, Move
Peter Kirn - July 7, 2026
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