Music Music tech Software Tech
Vara Osiria Belich is taking Phase Plant to gestural, mangled frontiers
This is not granular. This is all sampler, unison. And so it sounds like things that even granular can’t do. Vara Osiria Belich is this week’s sound design inspiration, with her bonus gestural spell casting with gen-1 Leap Motion. (Remember?)
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FL Studio 2025: Mixer add and delete, AI help, more plugins, Python scripts
FL Studio, the everlasting DAW that the uninitiated think is way less powerful than it is, just got more powerful again. And if you were perplexed by it in the past, it has a new AI-powered chat to help you out, called Gopher. The good news is, you’ll need help less, thanks to in-Playlist audio editing and Mixer tracks finally working the way you’d expect. FL continues to be underrated, overpowered, and seriously fun, so let’s take a look.
Peter Kirn - July 10, 2025
Music tech Software Tech
Happy Monday; immerse your workday and soundscape in Severance
To aid in your professional merriment, here’s a complete round-up of Severance stuff, from behind-the-scenes discussion of the show’s sound design and score to an eight-hour mix of “music to refine to.”|
Novation Launchkey MK4 range, hands-on: perfect DAW companions?
Peter Kirn - August 29, 2024
Gear Music tech Reviews Tech
FL Studio 20.9 drops with new effects, undo everything, expanded Apple M1 plug-in support
Peter Kirn - December 29, 2021
Music tech Software Tech
FL Studio 20.8.4 – Apple Silicon, Frequency Shifter, video scrubbing, 3X oscillators
Peter Kirn - September 6, 2021
Motion Music tech Software Tech
Splice Studio is free backup, version control, and collaboration for your DAW
Peter Kirn - April 19, 2021
Music tech Software Stories Tech
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