Agency and Autonomy: Intersections of Artificial Intelligence and Creative Practice
January 13, 2021In October, under lockdown, the International Symposium on Electronic Art 2020 was held virtually. I participated on a panel considering issues of AI and creative practice, discussing my experience in creating AI systems for commercial music production. The video of the whole panel discussion is definitely worth watching, with me as last speaker at 37:44…
Open Source MIDISPORT MacOS 64 bit device drivers
January 12, 2021(Above: My well worn, grubby, MIDISPORT 2×2 MIDI to USB interface) As previous posts on this blog attest, I have a fondness for old synthesisers. Software synths are great, but there’s something about the design decisions that were needed to be made, with the hardware available at the time, that leads to inspiring engagements with…
Music & AI Interview on Hello, Audio
December 15, 2019Helen Meyer @ The Venue Berlin just released their latest Hello, Audio podcast, an interview with me on the development & future of music and AI, and Music Information Retrieval. A true privilege to chat with her, attempt to answer her great questions, and share some thoughts. Be sure to check the links in their…
LANDR Selector
September 3, 2019While I’m not always able to tell the world about what I’m doing at LANDR Audio, I am happy to now be able to highlight the new samples library site we have released. This is a massive expansion of our previous samples site, now offering samples from many different sample vendors. One particular aspect of…
Earphones
January 17, 2019New York City is a noisy place, but equipped with a very convenient subway system, despite mismanagement and stripping of funds by the NY governor Andrew Cuomo. When I’m not on a bicycle, the subway not only avoids needing a car, but gives me an opportunity to listen to music or podcasts. Another use case…
Guitar Synthesizers
July 22, 2018Modifications, repairs and installations of guitar synthesizer hexaphonic pickups.
Apple Audio MIDI Setup disappearing icons bug
July 18, 2018I recently encountered a weird situation with Apple’s Audio MIDI Setup.app utility. I run a fairly big rig of audio interfaces and external USB and MIDI musical gear, and so use Apple’s Audio MIDI Setup utility to map the devices that are connected to the various MIDI interfaces.
BreakTweaker released using MediaMined Discover
January 23, 2014iZotope today announced BreakTweaker a drum machine and synth DAW plugin incorporating MediaMined Discover for content based searching of its sample libraries. The video demo does not discuss the feature, but you’ll see the “Discover” button on the Sample window at 1:40 in the video. All of the factory content has been indexed by MediaMined…
Building a Roland 24 pin guitar synth cable
November 5, 2013The first generation of Roland guitar synthesisers used a totally unique 24 pin connector. This was apparently built specifically for Roland and was never used by any other manufacturer. Consequently, the connectors and cables are hard to find and tend to fetch crazy prices on Ebay. Wayne Joness site goes into the issue in depth.…