New Noise Engineering modules, new platform: multiband dynamics, drum kit

One of the most creative modular and software makers at the moment, Noise Engineering has two very desirable-looking modules hitting today. And there’s a new “platform” concept behind them, too – one that might help you keep your modules fresh.

Stable Diffusion, the slick generative AI tool, just launched and went live on GitHub

You’ve almost certainly already seen a torrent of high-quality text-to-image generation pics lately. Now one of the most impressive generative tools has published code and opened up to academic researchers. It’s called Stable Diffusion – and you’ll probably be hearing a lot more soon.

Peter Kirn - August 10, 2022

itch.io indie gaming distribution for musicians: free open-source Scritch player and more

With gaming giant Epic buying Bandcamp, why not let music-makers put their albums on indie gaming darling itch.io, too? Thanks to homebrewed, customizable, free players, it’s now totally doable.

Peter Kirn - March 28, 2022

Free MIDI Tape Recorder captures all your expression – sample-accurate, no quantization

Peter Kirn - December 27, 2021

open·control is a Kickstarter-backed controller for Ableton Live triggering, looping, everything

Peter Kirn - November 2, 2021

Watch Unreal Engine make low-latency visualizations, thanks to Arthur Barthur

Peter Kirn - March 25, 2021

Polyend had a blissful 2020, but they’re not done yet – Tracker, Preset, Medusa updates

Peter Kirn - December 24, 2020

The Amiga just got a new, open 8-bit hardware sequencer cartridge you can build

Peter Kirn - August 10, 2020

All about Mutable’s Marbles random sampler – and a clever, just-released update

Peter Kirn - March 7, 2020

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