All the new stuff from Apple you might have missed, for advanced creative types

Apple’s WWDC keynote kicked off yesterday with an event mostly focused on consumer features for WatchOS, iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and home. That means you might have missed a lot of the advanced creative features, graphics, and developer tools buried in the fine print.

Apple Music goes Lossless, Spatial, Dolby Atmos

Apple will update its Apple Music subscription service in June with a no-cost addition of new sound features. But more than that, it hints at a world of music listening generally that dumps lossy compression and embraces spatial sound. And you can get started mixing for it right away.

Peter Kirn - May 17, 2021

Hear Jan Wagner’s intimate piano electronics, before they enter a planetarium dome

Maybe now is a perfect time for a moment of calm contemplation – premiering Jan Wagner’s “Kapitel 36” on the eve of a new album and a spatial planetarium premiere.

Peter Kirn - February 5, 2020

Ambient music you can time to a sunset, from Christopher Willits

Peter Kirn - June 18, 2019

An exploration of silence, in a new exhibition in Switzerland

Peter Kirn - November 28, 2018

SPIRALALALA transforms a spiral staircase into a vocal vortex

Peter Kirn - October 29, 2018

Mics that record in “3D” and ambisonics are the next big thing

Peter Kirn - September 19, 2018

Unreal game engine’s modular sound features explained: video

Peter Kirn - May 24, 2018

Envelop Wants to Make an Ambisonic 3D Venue and Tools

Peter Kirn - April 13, 2015

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