The beauty of wind organs, and how to make one yourself out of recycled materials

The acoustic principles are the same as wind instruments (and pipe organs). But there’s something eerily beautiful about wind organs – and they’re easy enough to make. bassling from Australia sends in this how-to from Australia, to get you started. There, of course, it’s fall, meaning this could be viewed in the “spooky Halloween” territory […]

Acid, further out: check Florian with MeeBlip, 303, and Zen Delay

There’s some magic and alchemy in coaxing evocative music out of stuff with knobs, and Florian Meindl’s Riemann Kollektion keeps showing up how.

Peter Kirn - April 14, 2021

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

At the meeting point of physics simulation, 3D visualization, and modular audio inside Unreal Engine, there’s Arthurs Audio BPs. And they just keep getting better – not just doing interesting visual stuff with sound, but making it low-latency.

Peter Kirn - March 25, 2021

Miller Puckette, creator of Max and Pd, on how he’s patching his way to remote collaboration

Peter Kirn - March 19, 2021

Watch this entertaining how-to on hacking Mutable’s Plaits for just intonation

Peter Kirn - March 12, 2021

A 1970s Swedish modular you probably never heard of was meant for every music school

Peter Kirn - March 1, 2021

Behind the scenes of a sci-fi 3D music video, as Defasten takes us deep into Notch

Peter Kirn - February 22, 2021

Quick Ableton Live tips: blackest ever UI, Saturator tutorial, see plug-ins on tracks – let’s go!

Peter Kirn - January 27, 2021

Here’s a free pack to get MIDI Polyphonic Expression under your fingertips

Peter Kirn - January 21, 2021

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