Ins & outs

TAH VERY MUCH It might be fanciful to suggest that you can replicate the experience of using an Elektron-style groovebox in your web browser, but that’s sort of what you get with Tahti Studio, a free sample-based tool with lots of per-step control. Give it a try over at tahti.studio.

ROCK MUSIC Or how about a synth that bases its initial parameter settings on NASA’s live asteroid proximity data? Written in javascript, asteroidblock.io offers four synthesis types, four effects and a piano roll that enables you to program your own patterns: make contact at asteroidblock.io.

CLEARING THE FOG Brain fog – problems with memory and focus – has been reported as a side effect of both Covid and chemo treatment for cancer. The University of Cincinnati have reported successful treatment with the use of a new music-making/ listening app. Interesting stuff.

THE CHIPS ARE DOWN

It seems that a number of new hardware synths have been delayed recently due to the global chip shortage, with Behringer among several manufacturers involved. Happily, this isn’t an issue you’ll encounter if you generate all your sounds in software…

SWIFT JUSTICE

Damon Albarn is the latest person to discover that you mess with Taylor Swift at your peril. After he said in an interview that “she doesn’t write her own songs,” Swift quickly set him straight, and received backing from previous producers and collaborators.

SPOTIFY SQUABBLE

Both Neil Young and Joni Mitchell, requested that their music be removed from Spotify, accusing Spotify podcast host Joe Rogan of spreading Covid misformation. He said he’d work harder to balance out controversial viewpoints in future.