Your body is a resistor – so it’s an instrument, too – in Collin’s Lab
Each part of your body - tongue, finger, arm - has its own electrical resistance. Our friend Collin Cunningham puts...
Peter Kirn
From collaborative threads, a futuristic AV exquisite corpse and Beirut benefit
Xquisite Force began as what happens when an audiovisual thread is woven from collaborator to collaborator, exquisite corpse style. The...
Akai Force 3.0.5 is huge: new macros, MIDI multis, linear arrangement, Ableton import, more
There’s nothing like a good, healthy rivalry. And Akai are back in a big way with Force 3.0.5, which transforms...
Maschine’s new Clips make free-form arrangement easier – first look, and Maschine+ answers
Maschine's still not exactly a DAW - but it doesn't lock you into cookie-cutter arrangement any longer. And that's good...
With the TR-06 606 and TR-6S baby 8S, what’s what in Roland drum machines?
606 Day in October! Last week Roland unveiled their new TR-06 and TR-6S. So if you're in the market for...
AI-powered face tracking comes to Notch, and more streaming goodies from NVIDIA
We’ve gotten the suck-y, boring dystopian future. Let’s get the cool futuristic sci-fi stuff, too, and use it in streams,...
Inside the Guthman prize’s take on future instruments – and you’ve still got time to apply
For the first time ever, the prize that celebrates the future of musical instrument tech is fully online and global....
Sequential Prophet-5 is the best possible remake of a legendary synth; here’s why
In a sometimes ugly world, there is this beautiful synthesizer. Not just a simple remake, Sequential's Prophet-5 lets you literally...
Teenage Engineering’s new product is an insane radio boom box with some surprises
Teenage Engineering has been teasing the OB-4 - sparking speculation that they might have a new instrument. Instead, we get...
MadMapper 4.0: huge upgrade for the definitive light and projection mapping tool
MadMapper 4 is here with a host of improvements. And the timing could actually be ideal - projection mapping and...
