Now ‘AI’ takes on writing death metal, country music hits, more

Machine learning is synthesizing death metal. It might make your death metal radio DJ nervous – but it could also mean music software works with timbre and time in new ways. That news – plus some comical abuse of neural networks for writing genre-specific lyrics in genres like country – next.

Oops: April Fools’, at best, gave us stuff we actually want

Well, congratulations – you’ve survived another April Fools’ holiday. At worst, it can be unfunny and confusing. At best, though, it raises a different question – should we actually start dreaming up and making more ridiculous ideas?

Peter Kirn - April 2, 2019

Here are some of the weirdest musical instrument ideas from NAMM

Trade shows can be a strenuous onslaught of noise, cost, and crowds – but then it’s often the weirdest stuff that makes it worth it. And no one finds strange quite like Barry Wood and his annual NAMM Oddities.

Peter Kirn - March 18, 2019

The demonic musical Baby Bots of Moon Armada

Peter Kirn - February 25, 2019

A DIY machine imagines 808 kicks if they were made of actual fire

Peter Kirn - January 24, 2019

Here’s an Electro-Harmonix pedal in concrete, for some reason

Peter Kirn - December 20, 2018

Techno: The Gathering, scene satire fantasy game, keeps getting better

Peter Kirn - November 1, 2018

Deep Synth combines a Game Boy and the THX sound

Peter Kirn - October 22, 2018

Mammoth Beat Organ is a giant crazy mechanical music machine

Peter Kirn - October 1, 2018

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