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.
Peter Kirn
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The SDK has only just been released, but there are already some excellent Ableton Extensions to try right away.
And if you were wondering if someone would build a central repository, a la maxforlive.com? Indeed they have. Resource round-up:
Peter Kirn
Oh yeah, and get ready for an extended rant, as this is the total opposite of the Big Data Big Tech AI being hyped up now!
The Ableton Extension SDK has only just been launched to the public, but there are already plenty of useful and fun Extensions to try right away. And that means even before you try hand-coding or vibe...
AudioWanderer noise maker is a glitchy, gorgeous, mysterious gem. Hands-on:
cdm.link/audiowandere...
(flashing images warning, because *someone* got carried away in FCP, not saying who...)
Type in some words and breed new alien sounds from your description. @soniccharge.bsky.social Synplant 2 uses all-local, all-custom neural nets trained on 60,000 presets. The result is you *escape* preset diving and can get even weirder.
cdm.link/synplant-phe...
Side topic -- if Ubuntu is also adding a bunch of AI, what's the OS for people who hate AI now?
Unfiltered Audio Battalion's multi-engine drum synths and effects (Headspace Reverb, Shatter Delay, etc.) in @vcvrack.com are a revelation.
More:
cdm.link/unfiltered-a...
New word: "nonstalgia"
a pang of nostalgia immediately followed by a recognition that you don't miss the thing at all and had blocked it from your memory (ironically, defragging your brain!) possibly just followed by some nice minesweeper memories.
Story idea: a guide to removing all the AI bulls*** from WordPress? (At least the UI/UX, lord only knows what people are committing now.)
Maybe I should start "a Substack." "Old Man Yells At Cloud"
Here, let me add some serious nostalgia:
dosdays.co.uk/topics/io_ad...
Yep. A feeling of... please no let me re-forget this. (ask me about NuBus and Digidesign, too)
See, this looks like fun.
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