Peter Kirn
@pkirn.bsky.social
Music and music technology journalist, composer and electronic artist/dj. I make cdm.link, work on the meeblip.com synth, and cover creative technologies. Activist. Lebanese-American background, came from Kentucky, now in Berlin.
Okay, here's a question -- why do we all seem to know bupkis about Joan Miller, the co-author of Music IV (and Music V?) as well as the famous Daisy Bell demo? She seems to have had a fairly significant impact on the evolution of the Music environment.
November 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Okay, here's a question -- why do we all seem to know bupkis about Joan Miller, the co-author of Music IV (and Music V?) as well as the famous Daisy Bell demo? She seems to have had a fairly significant impact on the evolution of the Music environment.
While you're pimping your Live set, it's worth mentioning our friends over at @isotonikstudios.bsky.social have their Black Friday-season sale going on. So while I work on wrapping some other news/reviews from Max for Live land, feel free to peruse these gems, too!
Happy birthday, Isotonik: here are some of the best Ableton Live add-ons - CDM Create Digital Music
With Isotonik's Darren celebrating his birthday this week, we've got an Isotonik Studios shopping guide, with favorite Max for Live add-ons, CDM reviews, and sound demos. Now with a special CDM-exclus...
cdm.link
November 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
While you're pimping your Live set, it's worth mentioning our friends over at @isotonikstudios.bsky.social have their Black Friday-season sale going on. So while I work on wrapping some other news/reviews from Max for Live land, feel free to peruse these gems, too!
Go ahead, stick that doodle into your set, and watch it vibe to your tunes.
And it's all backed by science. (well, maybe... links)
And it's all backed by science. (well, maybe... links)
Make doodles in Ableton Live, then animate them, with Klottra - CDM Create Digital Music
Were you the type to draw elaborate doodles in your math class margins? Well, great news: Science now says that letting your mind wander is good for you. And indie Swedish design studio Henrik & Sofia...
cdm.link
November 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Go ahead, stick that doodle into your set, and watch it vibe to your tunes.
And it's all backed by science. (well, maybe... links)
And it's all backed by science. (well, maybe... links)
Motherly, sequencer percussion synth, is pure rhythmic happiness from @rainbowcircuit.bsky.social - just listen. Everything you love about the Mother/DFAM, but also really not a DFAM.
cdm.link/motherly-seq...
cdm.link/motherly-seq...
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Motherly, sequencer percussion synth, is pure rhythmic happiness from @rainbowcircuit.bsky.social - just listen. Everything you love about the Mother/DFAM, but also really not a DFAM.
cdm.link/motherly-seq...
cdm.link/motherly-seq...
If you don't already, follow @dhlovelife.bsky.social and check the gorgeous sounding and looking stuff he's doing in Jitter (directly, not only with some m4l version -- we actually don't talk about the Jitter-direct workflow enough!)
@cycling74.bsky.social
@cycling74.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 11:29 AM
If you don't already, follow @dhlovelife.bsky.social and check the gorgeous sounding and looking stuff he's doing in Jitter (directly, not only with some m4l version -- we actually don't talk about the Jitter-direct workflow enough!)
@cycling74.bsky.social
@cycling74.bsky.social
Wow, epic. And end of an era. Big love to this from Berlin -- you better get there, London.
London ! I'll be playing at the last ever @algorave.com at Corsica Studios this Wednesday 26th Nov before they close the doors for good, amongst a top multi-generational line-up of live coders + co. Come down if you're nearby!
ra.co/events/2280905
ra.co/events/2280905
November 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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):
Holy shrimp it's good (and check her other stuff):
Vara Osiria Belich is taking Phase Plant to gestural, mangled frontiers - CDM Create Digital Music
This is not granular. This is all sampler, unison. And so it sounds like things that even granular can't do. Vara Osiria Belich is this week's sound design inspiration, with her bonus gestural spell c...
cdm.link
November 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This is not granular. Gestural sample manipulation (Leap Motion!) all with other parameters!
Holy shrimp it's good (and check her other stuff):
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:
MadMapper, Queen of Mapping, adds timelines, clips, more in v6 - CDM Create Digital Music
How far MadMapper has come. The tool, built as a collaboration between Swiss GarageCube and French studio 1024 architecture, helped define projection mapping for a generation of visualists. It has mat...
cdm.link
November 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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...
Drew Daniel, aka The Soft Pink Truth, hits home talking strings and survival - CDM Create Digital Music
"Mere Survival is Not Enough." Professor Drew Daniel, you had us on the title on this one. The artist, known for being half of Matmos, and being all of Dr. Drew Daniel, and being all of the solo proje...
cdm.link
November 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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.)
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.)
A free Winamp clone, for macOS, with FLAC and Milkdrop visualizations - CDM Create Digital Music
It might be a funny intersection of interests. But developer Matt Greenwood built a macOS-native clone of the legendary Winamp in Swift, MIT-licensed, with MP3 and FLAC playback and Milkdrop visualiza...
cdm.link
November 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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.)
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...
cdm.link/hainbach-and...
November 18, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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...
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:
Love Adam's approach, including his live all-software modular performance setup. Taking physical modeling and modular into dance-y territory:
Physical modeling, modular explorations with Adam Pietruszko and AAS' CV-3 - CDM Create Digital Music
Those sprawling synths are great, but when it comes to exploring a sound design idea compositionally, there's nothing quite like a modular patch. I've long admired Adam Pietruszko's work for AAS, so i...
cdm.link
November 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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:
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:
Generative analog: Cyma Forma's Alt soundscape synth takes shape - CDM Create Digital Music
In a single, fader-covered box with a capacious patchbay, Alt brings together creative, generative sound worlds beneath a unified interface. FM, dual filters, random slew, scales, light sensors, a mic...
cdm.link
November 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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 -
Jeff Bezos will be co-CEO of AI startup Project Prometheus
Jeff Bezos has a new job.
www.theverge.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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 --
Reminder for the weekend:
If you plan to release new singles or albums, or hold an online event (listening parties, concerts, etc) NEXT WEEK, November 17th to November 23rd, tell me about it!
I'm putting this list together every SUNDAY evening.
Artists, bands and labels of all genres are welcome! 👍
If you plan to release new singles or albums, or hold an online event (listening parties, concerts, etc) NEXT WEEK, November 17th to November 23rd, tell me about it!
I'm putting this list together every SUNDAY evening.
Artists, bands and labels of all genres are welcome! 👍
🎶 New MUSIC by Blue Sky artists! Nov. 10 - Nov. 16 🎶
SINGLES
bsky.app/profile/flor...
ALBUMS
bsky.app/profile/flor...
ONLINE EVENTS
bsky.app/profile/flor...
👉 If something is missing from these lists, please feel free to drop the links under the appropriate threads! 👈
SINGLES
bsky.app/profile/flor...
ALBUMS
bsky.app/profile/flor...
ONLINE EVENTS
bsky.app/profile/flor...
👉 If something is missing from these lists, please feel free to drop the links under the appropriate threads! 👈
November 16, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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...
cdm.link/supersonic-s...
November 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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...
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...
Update notice an hour ago. Now the entire project has vanished.
November 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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...
November 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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!
A free Winamp clone, for macOS, with FLAC and Milkdrop visualizations - CDM Create Digital Music
It might be a funny intersection of interests. But developer Matt Greenwood built a macOS-native clone of the legendary Winamp in Swift, MIT-licensed, with MP3 and FLAC playback and Milkdrop visualiza...
cdm.link
November 14, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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:
Fragmented textures, interactive RNBO-powered video: Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh - CDM Create Digital Music
Composer Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh, known for her concert outings, shifts to a lushly organic electronic album in flowing, humming, fragmented electronics for her debut album as a producer. And it comes wi...
cdm.link
November 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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.
Nope, sorry, fell off the bandwagon again. No regrets. @valhalladsp.bsky.social looks really special.
Valhalla's all-new reverb, 8 years in development, goes clean and natural - CDM Create Digital Music
We don't need another great reverb, let alone another great Valhalla reverb/echo. But we get one anyway. Sean Costello and Valhalla say this one is focused on transparency and realism -- plus modulati...
cdm.link
November 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I can quit obsessing over reverbs any ti----
Nope, sorry, fell off the bandwagon again. No regrets. @valhalladsp.bsky.social looks really special.
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!)
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!)
November 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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!)
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.
At its best when it makes sounds you haven't heard before, based on sources you found yourself.
Roland's pedal concept uses AI to let you process everything with anything - CDM Create Digital Music
The concept prototype Project LYDIA by Roland Future Design Lab uses machine learning tech from Neutone to turn any input into a "tone." But this isn't just about "modeling" -- far from it. It lets yo...
cdm.link
November 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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.
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.
November 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Damn Romulans, trying to sell me their proprietary starships again.
Roland already has some firmware updates for the TR-1000.
Roland - Support - TR-1000 - Updates & Drivers
Support - TR-1000 Updates & Drivers
www.roland.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Roland already has some firmware updates for the TR-1000.