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The Bob Moog Foundation Archives just added 4489 items from inMusic
500 schematics, 700 letters, vintage synths, publications, personal effects from Dr. Bob, prototype models, and more: thanks to a major gift from inMusic, the Bob Moog Foundation has massively expanded its collection. It makes the history that much more whole. Here are some images to give you a glimpse.
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Digital Arabic Maqām Archive and open-source MIDI plug-in now available
Khyam Allami presented his long-term research project in Beirut yesterday, and it’s an exciting one. Hundreds of tuning systems, ajnās, and maqāmāt are now in a free, open archive, and there’s a free MIDI plug-in that lets you apply tunings (and tweak them by ear) across all major software tuning formats.
Peter Kirn - July 22, 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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With Latent Terrain, crack open AI and explore neural synthesis in Max
Peter Kirn - June 17, 2026
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Casio’s expressive guitar strap controller was inspired by a chopstick case
Peter Kirn - January 23, 2026
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Absynth creator Brian Clevinger on synths, emotions, and “weird-ass ideas”
Peter Kirn - December 9, 2025
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