DIY + Unusual Music Software Tech
Watch Hexorcismos make AI performative and personal in this live show
In contrast to big data, automation, and bland prompts, artist Moisés Horta Valenzuela (Hexorcismos) is making machine learning into a live AV instrument using his own data sets and idiosyncratic, technoshamanistic approach. Check out this latest iteration of his live show Nahualtia Tlatzotzonalli (Shapeshifter Musician).
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IRCAM ASAP plug-in suite transforms and remixes sounds; part of it is free
Some of that brain-bending research from Paris’ famed IRCAM is coming your way in plug-in form – even (partly) for free. It’s a spectral remixing, sound morphing, audio shaping powerhouse that landed from some advanced alien civilization, but it’s usable by humans, whether we’re ready for this power or not.
Peter Kirn - December 19, 2022
Music tech Software Tech
Miller Puckette, creator of Max and Pd, on how he’s patching his way to remote collaboration
Miller Puckette, the original creator of Max and Pure Data, has been working on keeping connected remotely, too. In this video, he reveals how he plays with a percussionist using Pd and Ableton Live, then joins Cycling ’74’s David Zicarelli to talk about the future of collaboration in modular environments.
Peter Kirn - March 19, 2021
DIY + Unusual Music Music tech Software Stories Tech
Jean-Claude Risset, who reimagined digital synthesis, has died
Peter Kirn - November 22, 2016
Music Music tech
Drum machines in your browser, and more places to find Web Audio and MIDI
Peter Kirn - July 29, 2015
Music tech Stories
Impossible Architectures, in Real-Time Music Visualizations by Abstract Birds (vvvv)
Peter Kirn - May 20, 2011
Archive Motion Music tech
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