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NEL Incline gets an Easter update with improved display, output quality — and echo
Your mission to investigate sonic anomalies could use a holiday boost. NeverEngine Labs’ Incline gets a significant update today, festively labeled as an “Easter egg.” Now you get internal echo in playback, high-fidelity audio output options and tweaks, and proper zoom.
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OpenShot 3.5: faster, more stable, more creative open-source video editor
OpenShot, the free and open-source video editor for macOS, Windows, and Linux, got a major update in March with version 3.5. It runs faster, handles edits and audio better — 18 years into this project, OpenShot is looking like something pretty much everyone ought to at least try. And that’s especially true if you’re experimenting with AI or cloud-based video instances.
Incline, “toposonic corpus explorer,” transforms granular synthesis
Imagine granular synthesis, taken in entirely different dimensions. That’s Incline — Cristian Vogel’s cross-bred mixture of microsound and machine learning segmentation. It explodes sounds into a highly configurable topography, then applies precise envelopes, with unique rhythmic and textural results. Here’s how to explore those strange new worlds.
Peter Kirn - March 30, 2026
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Apple now has one creative sub for iPad, Mac — but keeps Mac app purchases
Peter Kirn - January 13, 2026
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What happens when AI-synthesized vocals meet choral notation?
Peter Kirn - November 26, 2025
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