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

We’re in a strange time, as we big farewell to a great generation of pioneers of electronic music. French composer Jean-Claude Risset’s work can still tickle our perception and challenge what’s possible. He helped expand the frontiers of what digital synthesis can do for our ears, and brought the technology to the European continent. And […]

IRCAMAX 2 effects put sonic science into your Ableton Live sets

IRCAM is Paris’ legendary research center. It’s the place where the original Max was born, and it’s still a hub for some of the brightest minds in sound in the world. IRCAMAX 2 is a new set of effects and instruments for Max for Live. And it does some amazing stuff – though maybe the […]

Peter Kirn - December 14, 2015

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

Open a new tab, and suddenly you have a powerful, sequenced drum synth making grooves. Give it a shot: https://irritantcreative.ca/projects/x0x Or read more. (This latest creation came out in June.) This is either the future of collaborative music making or the Single Greatest Way To Make Music While Pretending To Do Other Work I’ve ever […]

Peter Kirn - July 29, 2015

THX Just Remade the Deep Note Sound to be More Awesome

Peter Kirn - April 6, 2015

Gameplay, With Your Ears: Meltdown Lets You Squash Monsters Using Binaural Sound

Peter Kirn - June 21, 2012

Impossible Architectures, in Real-Time Music Visualizations by Abstract Birds (vvvv)

Peter Kirn - May 20, 2011

What Makes a Truly New Instrument? Human Gestures Power Winners of Guthman Competition

- March 21, 2011

Émilie Simon, Making Homemade Sessions in Her Apartment

Peter Kirn - March 4, 2010

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