Sound Design and Composition

Thngs that interested me. Sounds, approaches and toys.

ShapedNoise
The AudioWow fits an entire recording studio into the size of a matchbox
futurism.com
Scientists have developed microphones so sensitive, they’re able to eavesdrop on a particle. And yet, the microphone you use for your daily audio …
Mar 14
ShapedNoise
This looks somewhat boggling.
Tone Transfer — Magenta DDSP
research.google
Oct 1, 2020
ShapedNoise
AMAZING resource
BBC Sound Effects
acropolis.org.uk
Sep 26, 2020
ShapedNoise
Behold the sound of a large electric motor spinning up | Boing Boing
boingboing.net - Rob Beschizza
This General Electric motor slowly spinning up is a treat for the ears, and TigerTek has a channel full of that sort of thing. This type of engine, …
Sep 21, 2020
ShapedNoise
Late to the party but… HOW VERY useful!!!!
Technology
Free jazz – how to use Ableton Link sync with Pure Data patches
cdm.link - Peter Kirn
Nov 17, 2016
ShapedNoise
Zoom added a music friendly high-fidelity audio mode – here’s how to find it
cdm.link - Peter Kirn
An update to Zoom today helps address its woefully low-quality audio - essential, as classes, music rehearsals, and even conferences rely on this …
Sep 2, 2020
ShapedNoise
If ya have one
A freakier Arturia MicroFreak, with this editor
cdm.link - Peter Kirn
Aug 24, 2020
ShapedNoise
Rather Clever
USB MIDI Host
circuithappy.com
Nov 19, 2020
ShapedNoise
Everything about this is both clever, and useful.
Samplr for iPad · Make music in a new and intuitive way using multitouch
samplr.net
Jun 28, 2014
ShapedNoise
This looks great (ignore the dubious reverb choice)
12:12
Studio Series Fire Trumpet Official Walkthrough
www.youtube.com
Jun 17, 2020
ShapedNoise
Spent 2 years with a real one when first released. Sumptuous
Arturia recreates Oberheim OB-Xa – and it’s somehow even more massive
cdm.link - Peter Kirn
May 19, 2020
ShapedNoise
Hell yeah
Valhalla Super Massive - Valhalla DSP
valhalladsp.com
May 4, 2020
ShapedNoise
How to update your Mac to Mojave – not Catalina – for the new Logic and more
cdm.link - Peter Kirn
Unless you have brand new Mac hardware, it's likely you want to run macOS Mojave for now for greater compatibility. Here's how to do it (including …
May 15, 2020
ShapedNoise
Your Mileage May Vary
AudioGridder by Andreas Pohl - DSP Server Plugin VST VST3 Audio Unit
kvraudio.com
Apr 23, 2020
ShapedNoise
Make Noise Introduce 0-CTRL Desktop Sequencer - Attack Magazine
attackmagazine.com
Make Noise have announced the 0-CTRL Desktop Sequencer, an eight-step Eurorack-standard tabletop sequencer for modular and patchable synthesizers …
May 8, 2020
ShapedNoise
How Kraftwerk Helped Shape the World of Modern Music
nationalinterest.org - Adam Behr
There are few bands whose influence was such that it can unequivocally be said that modern music would sound different without them. Kraftwerk, …
May 11, 2020
ShapedNoise
Web gigs.
Streamlabs is an easier, free all-in-one streaming app, now on Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android
cdm.link - Peter Kirn
Apr 3, 2020
ShapedNoise
At a time we have to stay seperate… THIS looks Useful
Audiomovers
audiomovers.com
Jul 19, 2017
ShapedNoise
Some Fun Squoinks
Suss’ing the FREAK
shapednoise.com - kirke
Jan 15, 2020
ShapedNoise
Yes!
38:51
An Ambient Festival Set made with just an iPhone
www.youtube.com
May 12, 2019
ShapedNoise
Tom Whitwell - Mr MusicThingModular - Martin Yam Møller
martinyammoller.com - Author Martin
[Editor: I gotta preface this interview with the fact that I’m very pleased that Mr. Whitwell has agreed to be interviewed. His blog, MusicThing, was …
Mar 15, 2020
ShapedNoise
That time in 1965 when a teen Ray Kurzweil made a computer compose music and met LBJ
cdm.link - Peter Kirn
At age 17, Ray Kurzweil – he of the “singularity” – wrote a pioneering piece of “AI” music software, and showed it off on a TV show with Steve …
Mar 3, 2020
ShapedNoise
These guys are RATHER BRILLIANT
13:20
Introduction to Smart Operations in Nova GE and SlickEQ
www.youtube.com
Jan 19, 2020
ShapedNoise
The gold-standard granular app just got a huge update – Borderlands 2.1 for iPad
cdm.link - Peter Kirn
Borderlands was already a breakthrough – an instrument that lets you explore all the timbral frontiers of granular synthesis. “2.1” sounds small, but …
Feb 2, 2020
ShapedNoise
This is one of the most fantastically useful music app on an iPad. Not just another fucking mini Moog. Totally ALL ABOUT TOUCH.
Samplr, the genius sampling app for iPad, is also getting a long-awaited update
cdm.link - Peter Kirn
Feb 4, 2020
ShapedNoise
HEXO for Live is an arpeggiator transformed into a polyphonic compositional tool
cdm.link - Peter Kirn
Somehow, it started as an arpeggiator. But this Max for Live tool by K-Devices is now an advanced, polyphonic, polymetric tool for dreaming up …
Jan 2, 2020
ShapedNoise
Op-ed: KORG has transformed synthesizers by letting them run plug-ins, says Sinevibes
cdm.link - Artemiy Pavlov
No new ideas in synthesizers? Not so, says independent developer Artemiy Pavlov. He was excited enough about KORG’s direction that he’s written about …
Nov 20, 2019
ShapedNoise
Deezer’s Spleeter is an open source AI tool to split stems, for remixes or … karaoke?
cdm.link - Peter Kirn
The real power of machine learning may have nothing to with automating music making, and everything to do with making sound tools hear the way you …
Nov 21, 2019
ShapedNoise
HUMAN EXTINCTION PARTY is all the AI-generated gore and death metal you can stream
cdm.link - Peter Kirn
If we’ve learned one thing about artificial intelligence, machine learning, and music generation, it’s that AI makes some damned fine death metal.I …
Nov 11, 2019