Pirouette machines: sound and computation from screw cans and fluidics, with Ioana Vreme Moser
What would electronic machines be like without our usual resources? What about sound from old screw cans and radiosensitivity, or...
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Mutable Instruments swan song: end of production leaves huge legacy, one last Plaits update
What a way to go out. Mutable Instruments discontinues production this month, but leaves a reshaped modular landscape, a real...
bela Gliss: expressive touch meets computation in crowd-backed Eurorack module
bela has unveiled its new Eurorack module, a light-up, high-precision touch controller with pressure and looping. The post bela Gliss:...
Circuit bending progenitor Reed Ghazala has new ideas to share – with invisible rays
"Father of Circuit Bending" Reed Ghazala isn't done transforming musical bending techniques. For starters, there's this magnetic-patch, chip-talk, chance-based aleatron...
Ready to dive into Max’s Gen? New book focuses on sound generation and time
The latest book from Cycling '74 promises to make deep rabbit holes navigable. Its mission: to boldly reveal the algorithms...
Finding lost intimacy and freedom, in the collaborative hacklab at CTM Festival
In tenuous times of war, disease, and uncertainty, our MusicMakers Hacklab program in May at CTM Festival held a special...
RNBO (“rainbow”): Start in Max’s UI, deliver to plug-ins, Web browsers, hardware, any OS
The new Max thing Cycling '74 has been teasing is here, and it's pronounced "rainbow." Maybe the easiest way to...
The Commodordion: 8-bit instrument made of taped-together C64s and floppies
Eat your heart out, Roland V-Accordion. Meet the Commodordion, an 8-bit chip instrument with bellows made of floppies and gaffer...
A bubble wrap-popping organ, by Simone Giertz and team, is sure to be your new favorite thing
Simone Giertz, engineer and inventor known for "useless" inventions and "s****y robots," has a marvel of musical machinery. It's a...
Here’s a DIY plate reverb, hacked out of IKEA parts for under $100
Can't afford a pricey plate reverb? Use some IKEA shelving and piezos and get something that sounds amazingly good in...
