Hands-on sound: IRCAM’s ASAP apps transform audio, free on iPad

Reach out and draw and manipulate sounds, directly from the spectrum. IRCAM Forum’s Pierre Guillot lets us know three ASAP apps are now available on iPad, free of charge. It’s what it feels like the iPad was made to do.

Extreme time stretching, spectral shaping: Sloom and instant ambient

You’ve heard time stretching. You’ve heard extreme time stretching. Sloom, a new plug-in and standalone app, is extreme-extreme-extreme time stretching – like instant ambient, instant experimental sonic manipulation – complete with unique spectral shaping.

Peter Kirn - June 28, 2024

There are some wild AI music LEGO sets – but this LEGO Neve studio is real

From Ableton Live to Stockhausen, folks have been generating some hilarious LEGO kits around music making. But leave it to the folks at Rupert Neve Designs, as the 5088 mixer and a ton of studio accessories are part of a real custom LEGO building set, and it’ll be on sale soon.

Peter Kirn - December 14, 2023

IRCAM ASAP plug-in suite transforms and remixes sounds; part of it is free

Peter Kirn - December 19, 2022

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

Peter Kirn - March 19, 2021

Jean-Claude Risset, who reimagined digital synthesis, has died

Peter Kirn - November 22, 2016

IRCAMAX 2 effects put sonic science into your Ableton Live sets

Peter Kirn - December 14, 2015

Drum machines in your browser, and more places to find Web Audio and MIDI

Peter Kirn - July 29, 2015

THX Just Remade the Deep Note Sound to be More Awesome

Peter Kirn - April 6, 2015