I'm sick of AI apologists' straw man argument that critics represent an "anti-AI" binary. It misreads the fundamental criticisms of AI, and it's frankly insulting to critics well-versed in the tech. Here's a guide to going local, avoiding big tech's cost and privacy nightmare:

ChatGPT was never Google’s biggest threat; it was always its own hubris. With Search now being sacrificed on the altar of AI dominance, the time has come for users to get serious about moving off Google services. It’s not only destroying its products; it’s trying to further degrade the web itself.

spectromorphology in action..! 👀

Thrilled to be part of today's long-awaited @subvert.fm launch. Worker-owned cooperatives are the future. Find me there with a wealth of amazing talent: www.subvert.fm/noah-pred 🌐

"Now we stand outcast and starving 'mid the wonders we have made." Time to organize. It's worth observing that @umaw.bsky.social has scored some wins. (Happy May Day from Berlin to Detroit!)

press corp waving their little fans trying to nurture this dim ember into a reichstag fire

This is the same trajectory as rhythmic quantization in music eventually being paired with "humanizing" plug-ins that make things sound more like a person played them

In the mood for some fun dub chaos? X-Delay v2.2 brings dynamic per-echo, audio-triggered, or MIDI-triggered delay time randomization within controlled ranges. Included in X-FX, our Max Audio Bundle, and our Ultra Bundle too - learn more: manifest.audio/x-delay 🎛️

There are fresh nightmares from the past 24 hours. But that should not be a sign to stop giving -- least of all when music efforts were translating into real results on the ground. So I'm putting out this call again. What we need is more international support, including media.

Sonification Tools v2.2 is here: Data MIDI and Data Mod have been updated with advanced rate and probability sonification controls - and more, plus minor updates to the entire line of sonification devices. Learn more & shop now: manifest.audio/sonification... 📊🔊

Try sonifying data free, with the @manifestaudio.bsky.social Datafree MIDI Generative Tool for Ableton Live. I did a step-by-step walkthrough on how to use freely accessible temperature data. Here's the last week or so in Berlin. More: cdm.link/sonify-data-...

Meet Datafree: our all-new entry-level sonification MIDI Tool Generator for Live 12 suite and up. Transform any numeric data into scale-aware rhythms and melodies, right inside your clips. Free download here: manifest.audio/datafree 💫

now do suno

"Over the last few years, American tech oligarchs have become the greatest argument against their own existence. The sheer scale of their erratic behavior and political interference proves that extreme wealth concentration is a structural threat to society." -Joni Askola

I've assembled a list of ways to give to community-led relief efforts in Lebanon, including those serving migrant workers. Particular paying attention to making international donations easy. This comes thanks to input from folks I know on the ground.

This is probably the easiest international giving route for Lebanon and displaced families -- recommended and verified now by multiple friends. www.chuffed.org/project/1719...

“The forces we are up against have made peace with mass death. They are treasonous to this world and its human and non-human inhabitants.”

Get in fam... we're polysequencing (!)

nobody: me: here is a sequencer with one thousand steps

They should get this treatment every day for the rest of their lives.

Major ecosystem update - free for all current users - including new scales and Global Hub organization, plus tons of fun new features and algorithms for X-FX v2.1, which is now on sale: manifest.audio/x-fx 🤘

Imagine if all music inventions were treated the way AI is. “The bassoon is an inevitable part of music now. We have to learn to live with it. You must find ways of incorporating bassoon into all music you create because the line between human and bassoon will soon become erased.”

Every Battle All At Once

I follow the dub techno artist Fluxion. This appeared in my feed today. Track titles appear similar. Artwork out of character, as is the music (ostentatious pop-trance, possibly AI-generated). If music services don't enforce name differentiation, what protects an artist feed from AI pollution..?

tfw inventor 🤓 @manifestaudio.bsky.social

I recommend this book to anyone who owns a Lakhovsky Multiple Wave Oscillator

'Tis the season & whatnot - how about a free synth? Meet Tactum: our new free dual-oscillator monosynth for Live 12 and up. (We've also just added a new free OSC control utility to Mod Squad Free if that's more your thing.) Bonus: any donations go to World Central Kitchen. manifest.audio/tactum 💚

sorry for nyt-posting but sam kriss don't miss www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/m...

🆕 🥳 Rhythm Engine gets a powerful new Grid mode to program or generate complex sequences at any tupletted division expressed at any possible rate combination. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUSJ...

🆕 🥳 MIDI and audio LFOx Pro get a new Density control in Lines mode, and new global Drift and Deform parameters. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wyi9...

escape from jankspace, nobody asked to be born into this jankspace, etc. dis.art/welcome-to-j...

I tried to summarize the AI/music/IP law panel from this year’s AMS/SMT conference for a more general audience. Thanks to Lauren Wilson for chairing such a great series of speakers.

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Starting soon…tune in!! Should be a fun one.

Meet X-Tonal: a scale-aware audio-reactive synthesis layer, and the latest addition to our X-FX series - included free with X-FX v2 and our latest Max MIDI and Ultra Bundle 2026. 💫 Learn more: manifest.audio/x-tonal 🔌

👀 Meet Conversation Engine: our all-new dual-voice call & response sequencer. Each voice features pitch, velocity, length, density, transposition, and deviation, blending Euclidean, count-based & probabilistic patterns routed anywhere via X-Relay. Learn more: manifest.audio/conversation... 💫

Join in this fun community sonification experiment I've been working on... starting in 10 minutes or so!

if you're in berlin come say hi at ikii tonight... lush ambient with good friends (hifi + sake = yum)

what if photo dumps were preset banks 🤔 @manifestaudio.bsky.social #synthsky

Old and busted: audio-reactive visuals New hotness: video-reactive... audibles? More fun with the Data MIDI #Sonification Tool from @manifestaudio.bsky.social: manifest.audio/data-midi (With apologies for the incessant bobbing & weaving 😅) #synthsky

🚨 The EU is trying to quietly weaken nature laws during summer break. We have 10 days to stop this. Don't let them destroy our forests, rivers & wildlife in silence. #HandsOffNature www.wwf.eu/campaigns/it...

Brainwave sonification experiment: Muse 2 headband transmitting to Mind Monitor iOS app, which converts brainwaves to OSC, sent via wifi to the @manifestaudio.bsky.social Sonification Tools I developed, running in Ableton Live 12. #synthsky #braindance

Excited to share this method I've been teaching for years - download link for the free guide + audio effect rack at the bottom of this thread...

Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all: “If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.” Israel just killed him.

I wish every image of Gaza bombed and razed into smithereens included a “before” shot, when Gaza — even after decades of brutal occupation, of crushing blockade, of periodic bombings — was so lush, so green, covered in palm trees and beautiful buildings.

NEW: Since giving NYT hacked info from a Nazi and sending a swastika push alert, Substack's extremism is in the spotlight again. An investigation finds Substack is a haven for newsletters dedicated to white supremacy—with the co-founders' blessing. A collab between @katz.theracket.news and me:

This an especially amusing case of -- I needed to figure out how to do something and the best documentation was by me. (well not so much me as @isotonikstudios.bsky.social and @noahpred.bsky.social but on CDM)!

cool how the Nobody Wants To Work Anymore guys are also the We Don't Want Human Employees Anymore guys. we're working as hard as we can to replace you with an iPad but until then let's see some hustle out there

we are so literally cooked