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Mute on your Push like it’s an Elektron — Push:Mute Mode
Quick access to mutes is a must-have in any live performance context. Elektron owners have enjoyed that on the Analog Rytm; now it’s Push’s turn.
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Code turns MacBook hinge into a creaking door, Theremin
Apple’s MacBook series has had sensors in the hinge since 2019. One developer, Sam Henri Gold, decided to put that to use, first transforming the hinge into a creaking door, and next a playable Theremin.
Peter Kirn - September 8, 2025
DIY + Unusual Music tech Software Tech
A little-known Nintendo DS piano peripheral meets homebrew sound
Switch 2, sure, but — have you plugged a tiny piano into a Nintendo DS and used some powerful homebrew software and custom scripts to make a handheld experimental music instrument?
Peter Kirn - July 31, 2025
DIY + Unusual Gaming Music tech Software Tech
These retro and SGI-inspired Ableton Live themes will make you smile
Peter Kirn - July 12, 2025
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Radio Shack’s TRS-80 now has polyphonic MIDI and a tracker
Peter Kirn - June 2, 2025
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Benn Jordan’s AI poison pill and the weird world of adversarial noise
Peter Kirn - April 15, 2025
Music Music tech Tech Web
Worlds of sound from hacked hard drives, piano-triggered modular
Peter Kirn - February 7, 2025
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Maker Monday: Autodafe put VCV Rack in a Eurorack module, via RasPi
Peter Kirn - January 6, 2025
DIY + Unusual Modular-Analog Music tech Software Tech
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