Laurie Spiegel interview offers a way of thinking about community, imagination

What could community and imagination in music making look like? Laurie Spiegel’s reflections on the 70s and earlier decades, recorded in 2014, offer some clues, even for a very different time today.

Watch as GLASYS uses a MIDI keyboard to paint pixel art live

Draw a synthesizer with another synthesizer with MIDI by playing a keyboard and… well, GLASYS surely just won the music nerd Internet for the summer, no?

Peter Kirn - August 2, 2021

Explore sonic inspiration, via this artist’s approach to Novation’s Peak 1.2

Novation packed new sounds – and 43 new wavetables – into an update for their flagship Peak synthesizer. Sound designer Patricia Wolf writes to share how she approached making some of those new sounds.

Peter Kirn - December 24, 2018

CDM Newswire

brings together the latest breaking news on music, technology, gear, and live visuals. Got a project, found a news tip, or want to share your product? Submit to us directly.