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What happens when AI-synthesized vocals meet choral notation?
Tokyo-based startup Dreamtonics is doing unparalleled work with AI-powered voices; their Synthesizer V Studio enables a level of precision that combines that of recording and synthesis. Add that to Steinberg’s Dorico scorewriter, and you get a machine mockup of solo singers and choirs that we’ve never heard before. But there are a lot of details involved — so let’s hear from an expert.
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Roland’s 808 Day: animated films, apparel collabs, patterns, parties, software deals
Roland has largely shifted product announcements to other dates, but 808 Day is still a party. And every year brings some left-field surprise. This year, it’s animated films. But that’s perfect for your 808 Day celebration, even if it’s just a party of you, a drum machine, and a night off.
Peter Kirn - August 8, 2025
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HyperSplash is glitchy hyperactive fun – $3 Max for Live from MIRA新伝統
If you don’t know the hyperfuturist post-anthropocene duo* MIRA新伝統 aka Honami Higuchi and Raphael Leray, you need to. But now for three bucks – $3!! – you can drop their absolutely addictive Max for Live mayhem into your Ableton Live set. Should you? You should.
Peter Kirn - April 23, 2025
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Black Corporation’s next hardware is a Jupiter-8 recreation, with MPE and microtuning
Peter Kirn - May 30, 2021
Gear Music tech Tech
Kijimi, key planet in new Star Wars flick, is named after the synthesizer
Peter Kirn - December 21, 2019
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