Noise Surround System makes spatial audio kinetic, mechanical

To tackle the issue of noise pollution, Warszawa’s panGenerator brought immersive, spatial sound to the philharmonic. But they didn’t make that spatial audio virtual: tracks, skateboard motors, and speakers on karts put this installation into physical motion.

Ableton Move is a hit for blind and low vision users; more like this, please

Ableton Move’s screen reader support is still getting rave reviews from blind and low-vision users, even though it’s not officially documented. Here’s more about how it works and more about what’s left to do – and an appeal to the entire industry to add more accessibility features.

Peter Kirn - February 10, 2025

Sequencing with light on an alien-looking instrument by Kacper Ziemianin

DIY and instrument-making can be about tinkering and inventing. But it can also be about finding one instrument for your performance and iterating over the long term. That’s what Kacper Ziemianin, aka Ctrl Freq, has done with this “Light-Sequencer” instrument (LSe) – and it’s just reached a breakthrough third hardware version with an accompanying live show.

Peter Kirn - January 10, 2025

Maker Monday: Autodafe put VCV Rack in a Eurorack module, via RasPi

Peter Kirn - January 6, 2025

This is a bound book you can build into a complete modular system

Peter Kirn - December 17, 2024

Music Thing Modular Workshop System gets its own advent calendar

Peter Kirn - December 16, 2024

Alternative histories, realized: someone built a working 80s Apple prototype

Peter Kirn - December 9, 2024

Tired of controller lock-in? Mixxx is a free DJ alternative; 2.4.2 out now

Peter Kirn - November 27, 2024

Machinedrum, repatched: Cycling ’74 doing fun stuff with RNBO

Peter Kirn - June 7, 2024

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