Music Stories
Inside the esoteric moon music of Doc Sleep, underground connector
Leftfield grooves, cycles inspired by the cinematic qualities of lunar and natural world – welcome to Doc Sleep’s “Your Ruling Planet.” I talked to the Room 4 Resistance resident and Jacktone Records co-owner about her work.
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Magenta Studio lets you use AI tools for inspiration in Ableton Live
Instead of just accepting all this machine learning hype, why not put it to the test? Magenta Studio lets you experiment with open source machine learning tools, standalone or inside Ableton Live.
Peter Kirn - February 12, 2019
Music tech Software Stories Tech
Generative music from Shanghai’s AYRTBH: interview, download
The mysterious, murky, glitchy-future sounds you hear from, AYRTBH, Shanghai’s Wang Changcun, emerges from an algorithm. That software can make this album over and over again without sounding the same. The artist explains – and shares a specially generated exclusive for CDM readers.
David Abravanel - December 17, 2018
DIY + Unusual Music Music tech Software Stories Tech
A marvelous sound machine inspired by a Soviet deep drilling project
Peter Kirn - September 25, 2018
DIY + Unusual Music Music tech Stories Tech
Watch an Ableton Live sequence made physical on the monome grid
Peter Kirn - August 6, 2018
DIY + Unusual Music tech Software Tech
Mod Max: One free download fixes Live 10’s new kick
Peter Kirn - April 24, 2018
Music tech Software Tech
Hugo rattled Berghain’s enormous system, talked to us about sound
Peter Kirn - March 9, 2018
DIY + Unusual Music Stories Tech
Ableton Live 10 arrives: how you’ll use it, what it means for Max for Live
Peter Kirn - February 6, 2018
Music tech Software Stories Tech
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