What makes music and creativity? A talk with Susan Rogers

What makes creativity work in music? What happens in the brain? Susan Rogers has uniquely contemplated those questions both alongside artists like Prince and in research into the mind.

Watch Suzanne Ciani, thinkers on open music and future machines

Electronic pioneer Suzanne Ciani got interviewed by KORG guru Tatsuya Takahashi. Thinkers from MIT and the Open Music Initiative pondered the future. It’s all in the video lineup from this year’s SONAR+D. Here are a few of the best:

Peter Kirn - October 11, 2017

Tinami’s MIDI controllers look like Moogerfoogers, built to order

If only… If only that controller had encoders, instead of knobs. If only it had two more faders. You don’t need buttons. You do need buttons. Controllers are endless challenges in combinatorics and personal use cases. That makes the Tinami line of custom MIDI controllers one of the big news items this summer. Shown to […]

Peter Kirn - June 27, 2017

raster-noton founders on how they found visual inspiration

Peter Kirn - July 28, 2016

I Played the Oval Digital Hand Pan, And It’s Amazing

Peter Kirn - June 23, 2015

7 Ways SONAR+D is Asking Bigger Questions About Music Tech

Peter Kirn - June 8, 2015

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