Gear Music tech Tech
teenage engineering might quit synths, but parody can’t quit them
teenage engineering CEO Jesper Kouthoofd made waves when he casually mentioned he’d told the company he founded to quit making synthesizers. Whatever is coming from the Stockholm company, the jokes they inspire show no signs of abating and — this seems an opportunity.
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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
Gear Modular-Analog Music tech Tech
The Daily Show takes on the Black and gay origins of house music
“You’ve never heard me say – surprise, it’s Caucasians!” The always-on-point Roy Wood Jr. tackles the origins of house music for general audiences on The Daily Show. And while you likely know that history, this one is well worth a watch.
Artist uses AI to perfectly fake 70s science fiction pulp covers – artwork and titles
Peter Kirn - February 7, 2022
DIY + Unusual Motion Stories Tech
One artist is making insane, impossible, hilarious KORG volca mock-ups
Peter Kirn - June 15, 2021
DIY + Unusual Gear Music tech Tech
This how-to for beginning VJs is probably… not ideally where you want to start
Peter Kirn - January 22, 2020
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