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Trace the Black roots of disco, house, and techno in videos and reading – summer school is in

What a week - the Juneteenth commemoration in the US, Chicago house music interest trending as it's repurposed for new...

Darwin Grosse, musical visionary and voice for Max and DIY learning, has passed away

The most powerful impact anyone can have in music is not just to find their own voice but to help...

May the 4th be with you, in a new documentary on the sounds of Skywalker

From Ben Burtt’s creations for Star Wars to Bonnie Wild’s work on The Mandalorian to sound editor André Fenley and...

Casio’s MT-100 toy keyboard is reborn as a free plug-in for macOS and Windows

Sample Science has a tasty freebie for us - Retro Cazio models the 1983 Casio Casiotone MT-100, for a very,...

Ableton releases free Microtuner – but tuning is more than spaces between 12 semitones

Ableton has released another free Max for Live device. It's cool, it can be useful, it's free (if you have...

Eyeballs, errors, and animal keys: Reed Ghazala’s wild circuit-bent electronics keep evolving

Reed Ghazala's latest generation of instruments is here, gazing back at us with glass eyeballs and dubbed with names like...

Eyeballs, errors, and animal keys: Reed Ghazala’s wild circuit-bent electronics keep evolving

Reed Ghazala's latest generation of instruments is here, gazing back at us with glass eyeballs and dubbed with names like...

Happy 90th birthday to Herb Deutsch, educator, composer, and Moog synth co-inventor

It's Herb Deutsch's birthday today - and what better way to celebrate than listen to him talk about music, sound,...