Acidwerk is a totally bonkers free and open source Web acid synth

Acidwerk puts the acid in acid. Yes, this is a generative bassline and drum synth. No, it does not make the vanilla acid you might be imagining. It’s a beautifully bizarre instrument perfect for creating some chaotic noise in a browser tab right after you’ve closed … the news.

Sonification Tools for Ableton Live now has a synth that plays data

Sonification Tools v2 from Manifest Audio and Noah Pred can now sonify text, images, video, and OSC – plus it’s got an all-new 8-voice polysynth that lets you play that data like an instrument. Noah also reflects on what sonifying data can mean.

Peter Kirn - February 13, 2025

Brian Eno released Generative Music on a floppy – here’s what it sounded like

Need to chill out? How about two-plus hours of Brian Eno music generated in 1996, running on Windows 3.11?

Peter Kirn - January 21, 2025

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