Wow, epic. And end of an era. Big love to this from Berlin -- you better get there, London.

This is not granular. Gestural sample manipulation (Leap Motion!) all with other parameters! Holy shrimp it's good (and check her other stuff):

Why MadMapper v6 is big news for mapping and live visual production, how cave painting and Rococo architecture and Wayang Kulit fit in, and some reflections on what the recent integration of AI into the tool may mean:

Survival *and* string arrangements, new music and reflections on bigger things, a music video, a teaser, some thoughts on Louisville arthouse cinema history...

Hey, so the Winamp for macOS project I reported on, that then was gone, now is back. There are some other efforts here, though, some that even have wmz support. (I dream of Headspace from MS WMP 7, running on Mac ARM. Does it make sense? Is it a good use of time? Ask not such questions.)

Let's make word generators an essential category of soft synth! Or, well, until that's a thing... this @audiothing.net @hainbach.bsky.social creation is something special. Full review: cdm.link/hainbach-and...

The great thing about human-generated patches: they can walk you through each connection. Love Adam's approach, including his live all-software modular performance setup. Taking physical modeling and modular into dance-y territory:

An open playground of music making, in a single box. And the Cyma Forma folks saved the best for last: FM, dual filters, random slew, scales, MIDI modes. Here's the latest on Alt:

One way to tell the AI bros hate the humanities is they *definitely don't remember how any of the Greek myths end*... @theverge.com -

Follow @florgoth.bsky.social for music releases and happenings on this platform, and contribute --

This is the full SuperCollider synth running in a browser, high-performance and with an OSC API. Hard to overstate how powerful that is, and it's just the beginning.. Incredible work by @samaaron.bsky.social ... cdm.link/supersonic-s...

Okay, yeah, the Swift-native client could have been quietly Winamp-inspired but avoided the name. Instead, though, I'm guessing it upset the people who own the Winamp name and trademark. Currently 404...

Don't worry, you can still make massive @valhalladsp.bsky.social sounds with FutureVerb! Suddenly this Trinity patch sounds very different...

Something slightly unholy about Winamp meets Swift but -- it's free, it does Milkydrop, I've been randomly swapping MP3 players, I'll bite!

Flying around this gaussian-splatted world, dreaming of amphibious life, as I explore new music by Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh plus an interactive music video in Three.js and @cycling74.bsky.social RNBO by Jesse Stiles:

I can quit obsessing over reverbs any ti---- Nope, sorry, fell off the bandwagon again. No regrets. @valhalladsp.bsky.social looks really special.

Building @cycling74.bsky.social Max for Live Devices now has the power of Ableton DSP. Part 3 of the newcomer-friendly patching guide is up. cdm.link/max-for-live... Meld doesn't have audio-rate FM. But now you do. And here's what two chips sound like (build this!)

The opposite of genAI sound -- tech that demands you go out and play. At its best when it makes sounds you haven't heard before, based on sources you found yourself.

Damn Romulans, trying to sell me their proprietary starships again.

Roland already has some firmware updates for the TR-1000.

Signs of hope. Oh, plus friendly reminder that you can ship these from outside the USA into the USA without running into the tariff nightmare... and unlike vinyl, they haven't been crippled by rising shipping costs (or production delays ... or ... the list goes on).

Okay *someone* is winning at teaser video slides today. :D this one > www.patreon.com/c/UserFriend... They're doing nice stuff, not sure if they're here but ... I chuckled. Maybe I *am* Big Glitch. Gatekeeping the mayhem!

It's 1111, so here's a way to turn any binary file into sound or MIDI. Free and open source, with some surprisingly beautiful sound examples:

Wow, haven't checked in on this in a long time -- like one of the first things I ever ran on iPad, and still impressive.

Don't know about you, but I needed something to lift my mood today, so here's mid-90s Jeff Mills mixing and a sunny drive through Toronto for some reason.

10 new arp modes, Whiplash arp timing mode, violet noise, and yes, poly chain (well, if you double up). The approach to the arp modes is really lovely. PinkyUp and Whiplash me!

Okay, not *entirely* best practices MetaSounds patch organization, but sounds *amazing* and then it's wild to watch ... @unrealengine.bsky.social

Darkness shades me.

That is one odd choice of screenshots, @reasonstudios.com :D But yes, we love Malström! I mean... I guess I'll go play with the inputs now, indeed. Feels like a dare.

This for me is the best logging tool available, and it's on essentially every platform. (with one *big* honorable mention to @gbevin.uwyn.com though for when you want to organize the MIDI output, so that's the go-to two-device punch) Ooh, now I want to do some gamepad mapping.

Yep, using this one all the time! Dragging across the cells is handy too but this lets you more quickly set up variations, etc.

That 1U row was born to be a home for this. (oh and if you don't have the HP in 1U, see their previous narrower 1U and 3U step sequencers, which I also reference here but -- clicky keys!)

Warp Markers become instant cue points on Push 2 and 3. Yes, for DJing (Hot Cue style), but also live, and honestly, I might *also* play with this when toying with productions (which is where my Push sees a lot of action). Nice work by @isotonikstudios.bsky.social and @deadmau5.com -

A dream ensemble going to town on every object they can find around them, thanks to @dadamachines.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Automat. Must-watch, via @npr.org Tiny Desk Concerts:

Scanner! in Berlin --

Okay, who remembers Edirol V4? Korg Entrancer? (or for a really deep cut, Milkymist?) Video FX processing looks promising in the latest LZX box.

This is my favorite Cubase 15 video. And we learn more about the Vocaloid-based tech in Cubase. (It's not Vocaloid, it's something new -- but yeah, it can sing in Japanese.) Stick around for some vintage Mac action, too. Thanks, @sleepfreaks.bsky.social !

Niiiice Disquiet Junto Project theme! Could follow up with "Basket Case" where it's just consistent chaos...

Berlin right now...

Tons of details to save you time and assist expressive editing, including new Modulators (nice)! But here are two things you probably *didn't* expect: a beta release of Yamaha vocal synthesis tech, and support for the inter-DAW file format DAWproject.

www.washingtonpost.com/local/obitua... Here’s my dad’s obituary if you’re interested and why he was particularly suited to write about the abuse of intelligence leading up to the second war in Iraq which led to Cheney firing him

This looks like it'd be really useful to me if I didn't already have a meticulous system for organizing all those unfinished tracks shuffle shuffle okay yeah let me give this a go...

Sound you touch; sound that's organic and alive. Definitely the future -- the weirdness our Big Data overlords will never truly be able to understand.

Lex and this team had so long been a beacon. Devastating.

West Coast dreaming: improvising with GForce MAP, plus more places to hear sounds and understand this synth. It's really a modern take on West Coast, with effects being a big part of it. cdm.link/gforce-map-i...

An urgent starting point — what to do, what not to do in advocating for Sudan, @aymanmak.bsky.social provides a link between Lebanese voices and activism as I’ve been sharing and the essential Sudanese voices to listen to now more than ever.

It’s okay to be glad that restaurants are doing stuff like this AND absolutely furious about the utter failure of the United States government.

For absolutely no reason whatsoever, here's Vincent Price joining Johnny Carson to poach a fish in a dishwasher. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqOR... You're welcome.

Treats only. This looks like one I'll actually use; really lovely visualizations with just the right flexibility -- and an opportunity to mention how great the @pspaudioware.bsky.social stuff is in general.

Double double toil and wubwub.