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Great article with the creator of the Fieldtone Weaver. Easily the best pedal I own. I use it on almost everything! daisy.audio/blogs/seeds-... @daisyaudio.bsky.social

Abed is cooking beats -- and surviving. Let's spread the word about his story and send support as Palestinian producers in Gaza work to build their own sound, even in the rubble.

Mutable Instruments Beads went open source, so I made Seeds - a free Max for Live version! Added: visual modulation matrix with cable randomization, syncable/retriggerable LFOs and clocks, plus Live scale pitch quantization and note exclusions for melodic runs. #maxforlive #beads #modular

The Land Of Rape And Honey, our third studio album was released October 11, 1988 on Sire Records. Peaked at 164 on Billboard 200 and certified Gold by the RIAA. “Stigmata” was the single. Videos were made for “Stigmata” and “Flashback.” ministryband.com/land

What if you could take a work of art, remix it, study it, share it, or build something new from it? You can. Public-domain works belong to everyone to be: 🛠️ Reused 🔀 Remixed ❤️ Enjoyed 🧠 Reimagined So go find something. Then make something new. Free to (re)use. blog.archive.org/2026/01/01/w...

Anyone else think Sinestro looks like Uncle Leo? #Lanterns

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...

Don't do this.

TODAY (9/30) 11am PT: LA-based composer, software designer, professor & Novel Music (M4L Devices) founder Ian Dicke joins us for Office Hours! Ian’s work spans contemporary music, interactive installations & custom Max tools. 💭 Bring your questions! 🔗 www.youtube.com/live/-OMqhYz...

I watched Star Wars for like the millionth time this weekend. Luke was so whiny when he couldn’t go into town to get power converters, but he didn’t say shit when his aunt and uncle were barbecued by the empire. I can’t stop thinking about it. 

What's on your bookshelf that the Internet Archive doesn't have? There's an app for that. Scan a book's barcode or ISBN to see whether the Internet Archive needs it for preservation and digitization. Scan your shelves. Save a book. help.archive.org/help/donate-... 🧵

Happy Autumn 🍂

MTV Jungle & DnB Music Videos : Two part collection of late 90s / early 2000s tunes

Who’s Ed Sheeran?

Another great piece by @johnharris1969.bsky.social. As he highlights, reading really is a most important human attribute worth protecting x www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See You wouldn't want to share it or anything :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLDE...

Werewolf. Still bothers me that this one was canceled.

The Live Key Max for Live device is almost done! It can detect your sample’s key/scale from Simpler, Sampler, Drum Sampler and live audio for audio clips or Looper or whatever. It can even Auto-Transpose your samples to the cent! COMING SOON

What does it mean to participate in a library? 🔖 Save a webpage. 📚 Improve a book record. 🔎 Discover a document. 📣 Share a collection. 🏛️ Preserve local history. The Internet Archive has tools for it all. Over 8 weeks, we'll show you how. ➡️ blog.archive.org/2026/08/17/r... #ToolsYouCanUse

Legend.

She was the best of all us 🖤

Ardour 9.8 Open-Source DAW Is Now Available with Initial Scales Support 9to5linux.com/ardour-9-8-o... #OpenSource #Linux

On August 25, 1991, the Linux kernel was given to the world as a FOSS gift by a young Linus Torvalds. He is the real hero who released the Linux kernel 35 years ago for all of us w/ GNU as userland tools, GCC C/C++ and more. The rest is history. Long live Linux! www.cs.cmu.edu/~awb/linux.h...

Late summer weather in New England is incredible. One of my favorite times of the year.

holy shit, I just found an incredible archive of UFO zines and magazines from around the world, some dating back to the 1950s. this is like Christmas come early. though also I have got so much to do right now so this absolutely could not have come at a worse time 🥴 files.afu.se/Downloads/?d...

60,000 GitHub stars for Ghostty. GPU-accelerated rendering and a native UI on macOS and Linux, no Electron in sight. Four years of daily commits got it here. openalternative.co/ghostty

At Letterform Archive, fragile paper goods preserve fingerprints, doodles, & traces of everyday lives they were never meant to record. ✍️🗂️ #VanishingCulture #DigitalMemory #InternetArchive @letterformarchive.org #books

Most printed ephemera wasn't meant to last. In VANISHING CULTURE, Eve Scarborough explores the hidden stories inside type ephemera. 📚 Read for free or purchase in print: archive.org/details/vani... 🧵

So sick of this customs BS. What's to assess? It's just a magazine.

ITS HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! github.com/shibco/ablet... ABLETON LIVE 12 ON LINUX + EXPERIMENTAL SUPPORT FOR MAX FOR LIVE + SUPPORT FOR ABLETON PUSH If you have ANY problems with this, make a github issue.

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW! This month’s Electronic Sound dives into the world of TAPE MUSIC and we’re bundling the magazine with an exclusive 30-minute STEVE REICH CD, featuring two classic 1960s tape loop pieces by the American pioneer. Get your copy now at electronicsound.squarespace.com/shop/magazine

This looks pretty cool. If you’re into pedals and you’re in the Boston area at the end of the month, this might be for you. www.eventbrite.com/e/cosmodio-i...

DOOM (1993)

RSS feed is one way to escape the clutches of algorithms. https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-26-32/

Glitch2 is now available to download and use for free, in memory of its creator, Kieran Foster. AKA illformed / dblue. illformed.com

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

There is no justification for making beeps with #maxmsp at 1:40 AM, and it certainly won't help me get to sleep, but damn, I love it. #sebairstein

I'm still using and RSS reader and I always will ❤️

How to Write A Retro 1950s Sci-Fi Score : Soundiron shows you some Bernard Herrmann and Danny Elfman techniques