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Tim Exile’s Finalist mixes and masters creatively, colorfully — with no AI
What if you could drop in a bunch of stems and let a plug-in mix and master for you, subtly or to extremes, with no “AI” involved? That’s the latest idea from Tim Exile, and it’s produces such quick, varied results that it can serve as a one-click way to hear your mix creatively from a different angle. Just when everyone had forgotten about Instagram filters, we finally see their equivalent in music. And it’s a delight.
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Tim Exile’s cancer recovery project is a generative, morphing groovebox
What began in a hospital bed as a Reaktor ensemble for making music into a video has become a fully generative, morphing take on a groovebox and music studio. Tim Exile is back in action with Scapeshift, out today. And this being in 2024, there’s even a promise: no generative AI.
Peter Kirn - November 26, 2024
Music Music tech Software Tech
This free Reaktor granular instrument was born in a vintage synth studio
System Flow for Reaktor 6 features a 32-grain, two-sample-slot granular engine for producing drones and textures – and it’s completely free. It was all born at Synthesizer Studio Berlin, a rentable studio full of classic vintage analog and early digital synths.
Peter Kirn - December 28, 2023
Music tech Software Tech
NYC: Explore modular free with Reaktor Blocks in this free workshop (and dinner after?)
Peter Kirn - June 1, 2022
Gear Modular-Analog Music Tech
COLLIDZ° generates detailed ambient music, on its own or with a candy store worth of features
Peter Kirn - March 18, 2022
Music tech Software Tech
Grab free modules for Reaktor Blocks from Toybox – now with a powerful Table Block
Peter Kirn - August 24, 2020
Modular-Analog Software Stories Tech
Gory sounds from vegetables and fruits: Mortal Kombat sound design
Peter Kirn - August 28, 2019
Music tech Software Tech
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