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Pd's free tools for messing with signal have a big update coming soon, with features like a set of snake~ objects that split, sum, and pick signals (think cable snakes, sound folks). All that and some @vcvrack.com and microtonal action, if you missed it...

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Pure Data (Pd) 0.57 inbound, enduring free software for tinkering with sound - CDM Create Digital Music

Technology keeps asking us to speed up. Pd is happy to let you slow down: tinker, patch, make mistakes, obsess over a number or signal routing, and do it all visually. The free and open source softwar...

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Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · 3h

By the way, go check out @scripting.com -- the blogroll *alone* from the father of RSS is worth investigating. And no, you should not worry about it being http, not https; that's another discussion for this use case. scripting.com

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Scripting News

Dave Winer, OG blogger, podcaster, developed first apps in many categories. Old enough to know better. It's even worse than it appears.

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Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · 3h

Just updated the FLpad story with store links and noticed that, apart from being the only ones with stock, Sweetwater offers a bundle with the *boxed software*. (FLpads have 6 months' sub free, but yeah!) Prediction: physical is due for a comeback. (see gaming) cdm.link/flpad-8x8-gr...

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Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"I used hydraulic mechanism sounds, recorded magpie songs, lots of real-life elements — broken glass." Anastasia Kristensen talks about Bestarium Sombre, and digging for the strange and finding niches with long attention spans, even in a world of 15-second clips.

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Magpies and hope: a journey into Anastasia Kristensen's Bestiarium - CDM Create Digital Music

Far from the cold, hard edges and cookie-cutter music, Anastasia Kristensen is exploring anthropomorphic sound -- and digging up "weird, small nests" of music. It's just the kind of hopeful conversati...

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Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Oh god. They meant it when they said ice cream of the future. On September 30, 2026, dippin’ dots achieved sentience and CAME FOR US ALL

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OpenAl launches Dots, its Muse competitor
Dots are always-on Al assistants that OpenAI says can 'do nearly anything' using a cloud computer and connected apps.
EMMA ROTH
SEP 29
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Verge headline
With some anthropomorphic dots or something. They have eyes

Dippin dots
Ice Cream of the Future.
Emblem with spherical ice cream dots in plastic tubs. Circa 1988.

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Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It's like a parrot repeating a toddler saying nothing, and also the parrot is on an enormous amount of cocaine. "My chat agent has replaced macroeconomics" "My DDOS has replaced being alive"

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Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The OPP/OPM is the voice of the Yamaha DX21, DX100, TX81Z, and even CX5M computer -- and video game classics like Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter II. This isn't just another emulation: it's grounded in years of hard work with hardware. And it turns out to be a great synth, full stop.

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Mortal FM Kombat: Plogue’s meticulous OPMZ Yamaha emulation totally slaps - CDM Create Digital Music

We're awash with emulations at the moment, but this one is on another level. The chip that powered everything from Yamaha’s little-known CX5M computer to the best 80s FM synths and video game masterpi...

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Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

No, really, use AI, but PLEASE FIX THE TINY TEXT IT IS SPITTING OUT IN THE UIs AND UNNECESSARY USE OF CAPS.

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Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

No to slop. Yes to chaotic intelligence. Oliver Torr has teamed up with MIRA新伝統 and the results -- music and tools -- are fantastic. Agitator (Max for Live) makes tempo follow audio. GLAZMO_DREAM_PORT (Mac plug-in) uses koan-like prompts on YouTube to generate drum kits. cdm.link/agitate-glaz...

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Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Yes to this — also on electricity, the issue is strain on existing grids and shifts off renewables, particularly as AI companies avoid transparency. (Uh understatement — they want free reign to pollute) Imprecise language opens up the BS arguments from the industry.

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Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sunday, a time to mess around doing odd things like this... @nysthi.bsky.social @vcvrack.com (it's going somewhere... like, later....)

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Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is genius, because one thing the horror genre has taught me is that nothing terrifying ever happens with haunted dolls or possessed furry animals.

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Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"You can hear the cheers from the old Tiger Stadium, you can hear the cheers from Joe Lewis Arena, you can hear the people laughing at Hart Plaza, you can hear the water running at Belle Isle ... you can hear the personality of each and every producer.”

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Techno original Sean Tate, aka The Butcher, has died - CDM Create Digital Music

It's a painful year for techno's originators and Detroit. News is spreading today that Sean Tate, aka The Butcher and an iconic techno originator, has died.

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Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Creative live visuals remain an area where computer vision can be expressive, not creepy. Check out the unexpected visual FX processing capabilities of depth sensing and human segmentation in the new Resolume. But this is also a chance to reflect on critical use of technologies...

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Resolume 7.28 uses vision to let you play with intelligent live effects and blends - CDM Create Digital Music

Take a break from the surveillance nightmare around us for computer vision that's local, not online, and doing creative, artistic things, instead. Resolume 7.28 added some powerful Wire nodes and new ...

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Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Go read this article from @janus.bsky.social -- now is the time to publicly reject ubiquitous surveillance that no one asked for.

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Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Side note, has anyone got a clue what the heck "adult signal" is to Discord?!

Vincent Adultman character from BoJack Horseman, two cartoon-drawn kids with blond hair, broom handle for a hand, wearing a trenchcoat as one kid sits on the other's shoulders

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Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Elektron has updated their statement on mods and hacks. Here’s clarification from the company. They explicitly say they have no issue with the Machinedrum X (MDX) firmware for example, but also cite a rise in AI-assisted hacking. Following this one:

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Elektron is halting sharing of mods and hacks on its forums; official comments - CDM Create Digital Music

Music gearmaker Elektron last week announced it would not allow sharing hacks and modifications for its devices on its official Elektronauts forum or social media channels. In a statement, the company...

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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My Youtube Channel is doing exceptional well since the release of my last video on the Leftist Manosphere. However, one video is not moving. Which is a shame, cause I think its my best, and most relevant to the urgency I feel at the current moment as a Lebanese. Do check it out. youtu.be/Dkcwc0XfvTk

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The Long War on Lebanon

YouTube video by Politically Depressed

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Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"Now I lay me down to sleep, I ....AAAAAAAAAAAAA" Time for some content for my readers from the 1800s! (Are you from the Missionary Generation or the Transcendental Generation? Take this quiz!)

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Oldest recorded voices, haunted dolls, and more from Tempest Instruments - CDM Create Digital Music

New sound technologies? Sure, okay, I guess. But haunted dolls of the 1890s as made by Thomas Edison? Oh, now you've got my attention.

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Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"Cooking needs to be done every day and it never turns out the same. That’s the fun." - Suzanne Ciani Read Suzanne's 1976 cookbook in a new, interactive form, for free online! Including @vcvrack.com patches. And while we're at it, let's have a ton of videos, too.

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Cook every day: read Suzanne Ciani's 1976 Buchla Cookbook, for free - CDM Create Digital Music

In 1976, Suzanne Ciani reported back to the USA's National Endowment for the Arts with a report on her compositions, in the form of a modular cookbook. Now you can read her notes and follow along usin...

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Patio Yeller @patioyeller.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

-chanting- BIRD SURGE BIRD SURGE BIRD SURGE

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Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Worth following: publishers are incorrectly claiming payouts on the Anthropic lawsuit, like claiming 100%, or even claiming titles that are reverted/out of print. If you're an author, assuming you already made a claim (that deadline was March), check now -- there's still time to dispute this.

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Anthropic Copyright Settlement: Publishers Are Making Incorrect Claims on Authors' Payouts - Writer Beware

In the wake of the widespread errors that have marred the claims process, the deadline to dispute a claim and provide documentation has been extended from 30 days to 60 days (from the day class member...

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Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Was on the topic of having too many modules installed in @vcvrack.com (what's "too many," anyway?)... So I'm trying to devise a series of "module roulette." First idea: use a password generator to key in different module letters. The "rules" need some refinement, but it was fun.

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Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Adam Wiltzie (Stars of the Lid, A Winged Victory for the Sullen) has an album out today, building on his collaboration with the late Jóhann Jóhannsson. Adam talks with us about what it meant to work on this one -- and to bring back Jóhann's presence.

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Adam Wiltzie talks about his posthumous collaboration with Jóhann Jóhannsson - CDM Create Digital Music

On Friendship Survival Guide, constructed from an archive of loops and sound exchanges, it's as if Jóhann Jóhannsson is alive again. Adam Wiltzie, co-founder of Stars of the Lid and part of A Winged V...

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Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Ooh, some *very* nice Reaper/Elgato Stream Deck integration. Honestly, haven't investigated all the DAW tools for Stream Deck, so curious what y'all might be using. But this looks like it could justify a Stream Deck purchase if you don't have one already.

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Elgato's Stream Deck as a DAW companion; new Reaper controller - CDM Create Digital Music

Elgato's Stream Deck, a push-button desktop controller with interactive color keys and software shortcuts, has quietly become an ideal DAW accessory. Take, for example, this thoughtfully designed addi...

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Retro Computers @retrocomps.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"Paul, we're doing an article about data compression techniques. We just need something that illustrates compressing data." "Say no more, Cliff."

A splash page from the October 1993 issue of Compute magazine. Floating in a vaporwave plane, in the center of a piece of graph paper, a giant ebony floating head is quadrated off; but is missing the pieces in the center. Around the head is the number 4, a triangle, the symbol for pi, a mouse cursor, and various lines of navigation. Behind the head is a sunset. Into the head's open hole flies a microchip, a semicirclular prism, a pole, and a chessboard.

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Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Checking this one, for sure...

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Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I have this concept for some kind of membership involving a Disney franchise mascot, but I’m unsure who is the leader of the club that’s made for you and me. I’m also missing some kind of wonderful world of something. Anyway please give me FCC approval and a $40mil salary.

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Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Dirtywave comes to your iPhone and iPad. Plus if that's not enough, more tips for iOS, Android, desktop, ROM export, and even a new $4 app from the maker of nanoloop. You're welcome. Replace the apps that are dragging you down with apps for music making. <3

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Dirtywave M8 has an official iOS app - a great addition to mobile tracker apps - CDM Create Digital Music

Dirtywave M8 is already superb as hardware, whether you run their pre-made device or build your own "headless" rig. Now, it has its own official iOS app for iPhone and iPad, too, and it looks hot.

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Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This beloved generative, expressive sequencer now comes to Mac, Windows, and Linux as VST3, AU, and CLAP. And it's a great example of how to make software more accessible to visually impaired and blind users. cdm.link/sting-the-pl...

Virtual rendering of the Sting UI with knobs, piano roll view, and smiley face, angled next to a Novation Launchpad controller with light-up grid.

Modern Sting plug-in UI with steps, offset, accent, and gate, scale controls, modulation section, scenes, MIDI piano roll, and a ton of other options.

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Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Okay, got to be some other WordPress users out there ... calllling out ... Among other things, it's now near-impossible to read stats as it seems like Jetpack is counting attacks on the server, even *after* we're blocking them (successfully) at the nginx module level. Where the WPers at?

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Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I find this doubly amusing as I have always fled from “relevance” in my studies anyway. I’ve spent a fair amount of time in the literal Middle Ages, even.

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Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

We are all responsible for fighting this in the USA — and Europe, particularly with the AfD poised to make big gains in Germany today and CDU and other parties ramping up anti immigrant rhetoric, we’re all part of the same struggle. No one deserves this. And it’s killing people.

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Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Throng, a 3D BlueSky interface, imagines social media as a mob: cdm.link/create-digit... This just-posted absurdity from @cee.wtf is actually a revealing experiment (and reminds us we don't *have* to have this timeline UI... hello Second Life...) oh god you're all coming for me

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Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Septabee story is back. I went off to deal with some other issues. Hopefully clearer about what I think of this, and why I think it's fun -- even with a lot of "DAWs" spontaneously appearing at the moment. Sometimes it's good to have something completely dodgy and insane.

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Septabee, an insane-looking free Linux/Windows DAW with pomegranates - CDM Create Digital Music

Suddenly, a bunch of the producers I follow are buzzing about the music-mangling possibilities of Septabee, a free DAW for Linux and Windows developed "in secret" over "20,000 hours." And it looks lik...

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