Here’s what’s in Apple’s Logic Pro for iPad – and it’s more than you probably think (first impressions)

It’s been a long time coming, but Logic Pro’s leap to the iPad is an impressive one. You get a most of the editing, mixing, instruments, and effects that you have on desktop – provided you’ve got an iPad capable of running it. And it’s a killer environment for third-party iOS plug-ins, to boot. Here’s what’s inside.

The beauty of wind organs, and how to make one yourself out of recycled materials

The acoustic principles are the same as wind instruments (and pipe organs). But there’s something eerily beautiful about wind organs – and they’re easy enough to make. bassling from Australia sends in this how-to from Australia, to get you started. There, of course, it’s fall, meaning this could be viewed in the “spooky Halloween” territory […]

Peter Kirn - April 20, 2021

Mammoth Beat Organ is a giant crazy mechanical music machine

What if music were made mechanically, with giant wheels and bellows and valves? The Mammoth Beat Organ makes that happen, using parts from toilets, a hearse, and a treadmill.

Peter Kirn - October 1, 2018

Watch Myriam Bleau’s beautiful work with glass and discs

Peter Kirn - November 7, 2016

Making a light sculpture a musical instrument, played with Animoog on iPad

Peter Kirn - August 15, 2015

A Building-Sized Net as Canvas, Overlaid with Light Paintings from Mobile Phones

Peter Kirn - March 25, 2014

Submerged Turntables, Art Phonographs Underwater, and Life After Records

- February 17, 2014

City of Light: A Sparkly, Geometric Wonderland at Barneys, by Joanie Lemercier, All-Star Team

Peter Kirn - January 6, 2014

A Tangled Sculpture of Lightbulbs, Stage to Elaborate Synchronized AV Performance

Peter Kirn - December 18, 2013

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