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SuperSonic: SuperCollider synth is fun, playful, colorful, free, in any Web page
It’s the full SuperCollider synth, without the installation. You can add it to any site (self-hosted). It performs seamlessly via WebAssembly. But most importantly, it’s fun, colorful, and comes with examples and an OSC API so it can interface with live coding tools like Tidal (or your favorite). And you can mess around with it right now, for free.
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Boards of Canada played in lightbulbs: restored 1959 PDP-1 performance
This is truly haunting — the sound of a vintage machine’s lightbulbs hooked up to audio inputs, proving it can be more Boards of Canada than the actual Boards of Canada. Even the sound of loading up the punch cards and flipping the switches is oddly soothing. And more rabbit holes await.
Peter Kirn - October 13, 2025
DIY + Unusual Motion Music Tech
Tekno, new bendable drum machine synth: we’ve got free patterns and kits
Baby Audio has built a software drum machine. And it feels like hardware — tweakable, bendable, hackable, hybrid hardware. Tekno is like a blend of different classic machines combined into its own, hard-hitting personality. I’ve been cooking up a free, CDM-exclusive collection of kits and MIDI patterns, including some reimagined classics.
Peter Kirn - September 2, 2025
Music tech Reviews Software Tech
How Elizabeth Parker wove the score of 1984’s The Living Planet
Peter Kirn - August 28, 2025
Music Music tech Tech
Nasko’s completely free N-IRIS is a spectrum disperser – why that’s cool
Peter Kirn - April 21, 2025
Music tech Software Tech
AAS Multiphonics CV-3 modular review: an expressive and sonic landmark
Peter Kirn - February 18, 2025
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Freebies: Mallets get Arturia’s Augmented treatment
Peter Kirn - December 19, 2024
Music tech Software Tech
Music Thing Modular Workshop System gets its own advent calendar
Peter Kirn - December 16, 2024
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