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Logic Pro 13 gets touch right, but stumbles on “intelligent assistant”
Look past Logic Pro 13’s new dark Liquid Glass theme and updated browser, and you’ll find Apple focused on two core technologies, touch and “intelligence” — and two very different upgrades.
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Enjoy Monty Python’s Argument Sketch on two vintage speech synthesizers
A DECtalk Express stands in for Monty Python actor Michael Palin, with an Intex Talker (Votrax SC-01A) voicing the role of John Cleese. Retro speech synthesis just sounds better. Not more intelligible, necessarily, but absolutely better. And it’s hilarious. Eat your heart out, Transmediale / Ars Electronica / etc.: If all of this sounds familiar, […]
Peter Kirn - September 27, 2026
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Music in training sets is the new Spotify Wrapped: how genAI uses your music
This has to be peak 2026 music tech. Across every feed, producers I follow are posting the same revelation: they’re finding their own music in training sets used by AI. Investigations by Alex Reisner at The Atlantic are making this more visible — and visceral. And the findings are actually much worse than I think […]
Peter Kirn - June 22, 2026
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Dorico is quietly working through your Western notation wishlist
Peter Kirn - March 10, 2026
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Taco Tuesday: reason to be cautiously optimistic about tariff relief
Peter Kirn - February 24, 2026
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Bandcamp is taking a stand against generative AI; will it work?
Peter Kirn - January 14, 2026
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