Let’s all watch Piaman cover songs with a joystick and voice synthesis

Piaman, aka half of RYOKO2000, formerly Pianoid (bio: “doesn’t play piano at all”) is turning himself into a human Vocaloid, with joysticks and fast reflexes. And this is what you need right now. Linkhole trail begins now:

Essential mix: let an hour of tilde’s music energize you (then nerd out!)

Glitchy but driving broken beats are what’s for dinner. Hannover’s tilde (~) is a font of knowledge on topics from Pd/plugdata to Bitwig Studio Grid FX to mixing and mastering. And those skills translate to some genius grooves. Listen up to this full-power montage of all original music.

Peter Kirn - February 27, 2026

Forget channel closures: watch every decade of MTV music videos online

No, MTV is not shutting down, though Paramount Skydance did shutter some all-music video channels in various markets. But never mind: the internet can best even vintage MTV. Tune into MTV REWIND and hit shuffle by decade.

Peter Kirn - January 8, 2026

Cubase is Japan’s biggest DAW, and you need to watch this Japanese review

Peter Kirn - November 6, 2025

On tonight: 13 most “WTF haunted” synths with Paulee Alex Bow

Peter Kirn - October 29, 2025

Your iPad and iPhone just became a portal to endless DX7 sounds

Peter Kirn - September 11, 2025

Yamaha’s VL1 launched physical modeling; it’s time to give it its due

Peter Kirn - June 2, 2025

IINA, open-source Swift media player, is what macOS has been missing

Peter Kirn - April 18, 2025

Sinevibes’ YouTube account is terminated (updated: it’s back!)

Peter Kirn - February 3, 2025