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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 […]
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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
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Dennis DeSantis on Eastman’s new degree; electronic music as instrument
Dennis DeSantis is known by a wide swath of the music production community as a face of education at Ableton, including the Making Music book. His new role is at the Eastman School of Music, where he’s helming their new BM in Music Creation and Technology. Let’s talk to Dennis about that program, and more broadly, how to think about music technology and education.
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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High schoolers can learn production at Eastman this summer: interview
Peter Kirn - May 15, 2026
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