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Learn modular MetaSounds in Unreal, free, and start thinking in procedural sound
It was once the stuff of dreams — a patchable, modular environment for sound, synthesis, music, and procedural generative audio. Now it’s free (MetaSounds) in a free game engine (Unreal Engine). You just have to learn to use it – which is why this free comprehensive tutorial series by our friend Matt Spendlove is a must.
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Pirouette machines: sound and computation from screw cans and fluidics, with Ioana Vreme Moser
What would electronic machines be like without our usual resources? What about sound from old screw cans and radiosensitivity, or the reclaimed science of fluidics and swirls of water? Romanian-born, Berlin-based artist Ioana Vreme Moser asks those questions in her work, today at CTM Festival, in a discussion you can catch live online.
Peter Kirn - January 30, 2023
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“Words become plastic”: Stephen Mallinder, Cabaret Voltaire founder, polymath, interviewed
He’s been a vocalist (as a founding member of Cabaret Voltaire), a lyricist, a vocalist. But if you know the incredible Mal from his past, you don’t want to miss his latest, either – the groove is alive on the wonky disco Tick Tick Tick, ““cowbell on every track, and entirely no reverb.” David Abravanel shares words with the wordsmith and frontman.
NAP, a free, high-performance data-driven visual and audio platform, is now slicker than ever
Peter Kirn - October 15, 2021
Motion Music tech Software Tech
In Instruments series, encounters between inventors and musicians, watchable online
Peter Kirn - October 8, 2021
Music Music tech Stories Tech
The Insolventunclesam is a synth about printing money, by Gijs Gieskes
Peter Kirn - July 27, 2021
DIY + Unusual Gear Music tech Tech
Canilla’s love ballads sing from code and dismantled accordions; LP first listen here
Peter Kirn - May 13, 2021
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