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Your body is a resistor – so it’s an instrument, too – in Collin’s Lab
Each part of your body – tongue, finger, arm – has its own electrical resistance. Our friend Collin Cunningham puts this to use, and then turns all of that into musical instrument controller.
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Akai Force 3.0.5 is huge: new macros, MIDI multis, linear arrangement, Ableton import, more
There’s nothing like a good, healthy rivalry. And Akai are back in a big way with Force 3.0.5, which transforms how their standalone hardware works as a hub for gear, arrangement tool, and hands-on creation device. 3.0.5 is a point-release firmware update, but the changes here aren’t just small tweaks or improvements. Think more like […]
Start making sense: just use ‘in’ and ‘out’ for MIDI clock, if in doubt
To agree on a change, it’s helpful not just to agree on what you’re removing, but also its replacement. So, here’s an easy solution: in, out.
Your guide to the 3 best new underground synths from NAMM – not a clone in sight
Peter Kirn - January 21, 2020
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Return of full-sized KORG MS-20, as retro trend continues
Peter Kirn - January 14, 2020
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CHORDimist is an insane Max for Live chord-generating MIDI effect
Peter Kirn - January 3, 2020
Music tech Software Tech
HEXO for Live is an arpeggiator transformed into a polyphonic compositional tool
Peter Kirn - January 2, 2020
Music tech Software Stories Tech
Amazon’s AWS DeepComposer is peak not-knowing-what-AI-is-for
Peter Kirn - December 3, 2019
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