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Freesound, massive shared sounds library, turns 20 with talks and listening
Who says the internet is dead? Not Freesound, the massive, community-run, fully free and open library of sounds from birdsong to samples. This incredible repository turns 20 years old today, and they’re celebrating with talks and a listening session. That includes organizer discussions of how to cope with AI and keep users’ needs central, and […]
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FL Studio 2025: Mixer add and delete, AI help, more plugins, Python scripts
FL Studio, the everlasting DAW that the uninitiated think is way less powerful than it is, just got more powerful again. And if you were perplexed by it in the past, it has a new AI-powered chat to help you out, called Gopher. The good news is, you’ll need help less, thanks to in-Playlist audio editing and Mixer tracks finally working the way you’d expect. FL continues to be underrated, overpowered, and seriously fun, so let’s take a look.
Peter Kirn - July 10, 2025
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Music thing’s Tom Whitwell used ChatGPT to predict Superbooth news – how did they do?
Tom Whitwell, the human who previously blogged about music tech, has turned his attention to just making gear instead under the same banner, Music thing. But that didn’t stop him from getting ChatGPT to hallucinate some news from Superbooth before it happened. Now that we’ve got the real news, how did the AI fare?
Peter Kirn - May 12, 2023
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