#music-technology — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #music-technology, aggregated by home.social.
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Asked Amorph to vibe code me an Autechre track (FM drum machine with sequencer seen & glitch effects that are always in time) and this is the result of the many seconds of not-hard work. Obviously far from perfect, but it definitely got what I wanted to do and with no errors or heavy lifting on my end.
There are zero barriers to everyone doing it this quickly.
Really hard to know how to feel about this. It'll be impossible to detect in a final track since there's no spectral signature (that I know of - and which would be nigh on impossible to find if there are any other plugins or processing involved).
To say nothing of someone selling vibe coded stuff they don't know how to improve or fix in the already-packed plugin market.
Brave new world, how do we work with this, well now.
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Recent Advances in Music Processing
Special Session at APSIPA ASC 2026 exploring music signal processing, computational musicology, deep learning for music, interactive music systems, MIR, and AI-based music research.
📍 Hanoi, Vietnam
📅 9–12 November 2026https://www.apsipa2026.org/call_special_session.html
Organizers:
Tetsuro Kitahara ([email protected]) &
Eita NakamuraDeadline: 15/05/2026
#MusicTechnology #MIR #MusicInformationRetrieval #SignalProcessing #AI #ComputationalMusicology
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#AcademicJob | #PhDStudentship
PhD in Music Information Retrieval for Irish Traditional Music
📍Maynooth University, Ireland
Fully funded PhD in MIR, audio signal processing, machine learning, and computational analysis of Irish Traditional Music. Open to applicants from Computer Science, Music Technology, Audio Processing, #AI/ML and related fields.
Deadline: 29/05/2026
#MIR #MusicTechnology #MachineLearning #IrishMusic #ComputationalMusicProcessing
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Discovering Electronic Music (1970)
https://youtu.be/5AmatpZZV3E
„This documentary explores the evolution of music in the technological age, focusing on how electronic synthesizers and computers have revolutionized sound creation …“#electronicmusic, #synthesizers, #oscillators, #computermusic, #waveforms, #soundengineering, #musictechnology, #composition, #filters, #notation
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🎶 "How the Heck Does #Shazam Work?" you ask, as if the ghosts of QR codes and GPS haven't already bored us to death with their own digital sorcery. 🤷♂️ Apparently, connecting the dots isn't just for toddlers anymore—Shazam uses it to magically guess your tunes faster than you can say "tip of my tongue"! 💡🤦♀️
https://perthirtysix.com/how-the-heck-does-shazam-work #HowItWorks #MusicTechnology #DigitalSorcery #TuneRecognition #HackerNews #ngated -
Donna Dresch (#TeamDresch) has made a bunch of handy little music tools/apps and put them on her website:
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🚨 🚀 @firesidefedi is live on Owncast! 🚀
Catch the stream here: https://stream.firesidefedi.live/#TechHistory #MusicTechnology #VintageComputing #MylesWakeham #owncast #livestream #twitch
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🎶 Ah yes, the thrilling tale of 300 #synths, 3 hardware projects, and an app that apparently requires a PhD in #MIDI jargon to appreciate. Because who wouldn't want to spend their weekend sifting through a database that's now as bloated as a synth enthusiast's wishlist? 🤯 Let's all pretend we've heard of the RozzBox One V2 and not just yawned our way through it.
https://midi.guide/blog/three-hunded-synths-one-app/ #hardwareprojects #RozzBoxOneV2 #musictechnology #HackerNews #ngated -
Introduction to Computer Music [pdf]
https://composerprogrammer.com/introductiontocomputermusic.pdf
#HackerNews #IntroductionToComputerMusic #ComputerMusic #PDF #MusicTechnology #MusicEducation
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#AcademicJob | #PhDStudentship
PhD – Human–AI Collaboration Through Robotic Musicianship
📍University of Canberra, Australia
Funded PhD exploring human–AI interaction through robotic musicianship. Interdisciplinary project spanning AI, robotics, HCI/HRI, music technology, and performance, focusing on trust, fluency, and group dynamics in human–robot ensembles.
Deadline: 30/04/2026
https://richardsavery.com/phd-recruitment
#AI #MusicTechnology #PhD #ComputationalMusicology #ComputationalMusicProcessing
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Backstage Burrow Ep5-2026: Moog v. Buchla: The Analog Revolution
Hop into the burrow with me, everybunny! Today we’re tracing the wild history of the synthesizer — from room‑sized, paper‑tape‑programmed giants in the 1950s to the voltage‑controlled modular marvels that shaped the sound of the ’70s and ’80s. We’ll meet the brilliant minds behind the Moog and Buchla synths, explore how culture shaped their designs, and see how one groundbreaking album launched synths into the mainstream. Get ready for waveforms, wobblies, filters, and a whole lot of musical magic!
#musichistory #musictechnology #electronicmusic #synthesizers #backstageburrow #rabbithole
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What if your synthesizer was powered by APL (or a dumb K clone)?
https://octetta.github.io/k-synth/
#HackerNews #synthesizer #APL #Kclone #musictechnology #programming #creativity
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Postdoctoral Researcher – Sleeping Soundly Project
📍KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
2-year postdoc developing sound-based, personalised and adaptive sleep interventions. Research focuses on interactive sonic prototypes supporting sleep onset, the sleep period, and awakening.
Deadline: 15/03/2026
https://www.kth.se/lediga-jobb/904526?l=en
#SoundStudies #MusicTechnology #SleepResearch #SonicInteraction
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It’s Friday and in an attempt to remember what it was like when I did music cognition research here is possibly the article I am proudest of: it was a huge challenge to work on but I think it was a pretty good stab at better understanding a complex human behaviour AND testing some algorithmic approaches to solving a musical problem. Hank and I nearly came to blows because of our radically different backgrounds and personality types but all was well in the end. Fortunately Peter was good at keeping us on track ;-)
https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/BF03200827#preview
(no paywall)
#music #InformationProcessing #PatternMatching #algorithms #modeling #CognitiveScience #MusicTechnology #memories
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Backstage Burrow Ep4-2026: How One File Format Sparked a Music Revolution
Today we’re hopping headfirst into a wild story in music history — the tale of the teeny‑tiny MP3 that changed EVERYTHING. We’ll explore the 80s, 90s, and early Internet chaos… So fluff up those ears and wiggle those whiskers — we’re digging deep into how one humble audio file burrowed its way into our pockets, our playlists, and the entire future of streaming!
#musictechnology #musichistory #backstageburrow #rabbithole #internet #mp3 #napster #streaming #itunes
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Backstage Burrow Ep3-2026: Pipe Dreams
🎶🐰 Dive into the fascinating history of music with the Hydraulis, an ancient marvel from 3rd century BCE! Discover how Ctesibius of Alexandria invented the world's first keyboard instrument, revolutionizing sound and harmony and paving the way for Western music traditions. 🎹✨
#hydraulis #organ #musichistory #musictechnology #ancientgreece #romanempire #middleages #charlemagne #keyboardinstruments #backstageburrow #rabbithole
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Have You Met Sadie Yet?
Introducing your new hyper and history-obsessed bunny-host, Sadie!
She’s here to uncover the roots of today’s music. You can find her videos and audio on all sorts of online platforms by visiting this link.
#backstageBurrow #education #musicHistory #musicTechnology #podcast #videosThis is the cozy little tunnel where we dig into the wild, weird, wonderful stories that shaped the music blasting through your headphones right now. Composers causing chaos! Instruments evolving in ways no one asked for! Accidental innovations that changed EVERYTHING! I’m here for all of it.
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Backstage Burrow Ep2-2026
🎸🐰 From quiet strummer to cultural thunder — how the electric guitar found its voice.
Take a cozy hop into the hidden history of amplification, innovation, and rebellious noise as we trace the guitar’s journey from back‑row rhythm keeper to electrified icon. From Hawaiian lap steels to “broomstick with pickups” prototypes, this episode uncovers how marginalized musicians, bold tinkerers, and a few happy accidents reshaped American sound.Major source for this episode: Braun, Hans-Joachim. "Music and Technology in the Twentieth Century." Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
#electricguitar #musichistory #20thcentury #backstageburrow #rabbithole #rockhistory #musictechnology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf8fxh6THKo&feature=youtu.be
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NAMM features the first #MusicTechnology innovation hub on the show, Yamaha had also opened #Music innovation hub, it is the new #MusicBusiness https://publme.space/reactions/v/62917
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Something cool is coming soon… So keep your ears pricked and your eyes alert on this space! #backstageburrow #bunnyburrow #sadiethebunny #comingsoon #teaser #musichistory #musictechnology #historyandphilosophy
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#Music, #technology, and the eternal question: where does the tool end and the human begin?
Sean Martin, CISSP and I kicked off our coverage of The NAMM Show 2026 with a conversation with John Mlynczak, President and CEO of #NAMM, and it set exactly the right tone for what's ahead.
We dug into something I think about constantly—the tension between innovation that serves #creativity and #innovation that just... replaces it.
Here's what I took away:
#AI can speed up your workflow. It can open doors for people who never had access before. But it cannot feel. It cannot mean something. And audiences know the difference, even when they can't articulate it.
The music industry is figuring this out in real time. Products don't win on specs anymore—they win through the #artists who use them, the #stories they carry, the communities that form around them. Sound familiar? It should. It's the same thing happening across every industry trying to navigate this moment.
And then there's #education. The old model—one path fits all—is dead. NAMM is evolving into something more like a learning ecosystem, where formal sessions, hallway conversations, and hands-on discovery all matter equally.
This is just the beginning of our NAMM Show 2026 coverage, and I cannot wait to be there in person. There's something about being surrounded by people who understand that music is ultimately about people—not platforms, not #algorithms, not the latest plugin—that recharges everything.
Technology should amplify humanity, not dilute it. That's the conversation worth having.
#MusicTechnology #NAMMShow2026 #Creativity #AI #MusicEvolves Studio C60 / ITSPmagazine #ITSPmagazine #art #rock
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Fascinating #PhD studentship available at UCL on 'The Body as a Future Instrument: Improving Musical Interaction in Extended Reality Environments using Biometric Interfaces'. Applications close 5 January 2026. We'll be watching this with interest!
Info here: https://ucl-epsrc-dtp.github.io/2026-27-project-catalogue/projects/2531bd1653.html
#MusicTechnology #ExtendedReality #Biometrics #HCI #VR #AR #MR #MachineLearning #EmbodiedInteraction #IOT
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Research Ireland Pathways Programme – Maynooth University
Expressions of interest invited from postdoctoral researchers in #MusicTechnology, #Musicology, #Ethnomusicology, and #Composition.
📅 Deadline: 08/12/2025
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I wrote this to explain why wi-fi is such a kneecapper when it comes to doing real-time work over the internet. It's in the context of music and media collaboration, but the same frustration applies basically everywhere.
The best solution? Just grab an Ethernet cable. Simple as that.
https://www.syncdna.com/blog/why-wifi-sucks-and-how-to-deal-with-it
#remoterecording #collaboration #remotecollaboration #musictechnology #realtime #proaudio #recording #blog #blogpost #networking #wifi #tech
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Introduction to reverse-engineering vintage synth firmware
https://ajxs.me/blog/Introduction_to_Reverse-Engineering_Vintage_Synth_Firmware.html
#HackerNews #Introduction #reverseengineering #vintage #synth #firmware #synths #musictechnology #DIYelectronics
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#AcademicJob | #PhDStudentship
PhD and MA in Performing Arts Technology
📍 University of Michigan, USA
📅 Start: Fall 2026The Department of Performing Arts Technology invites applications for its fully funded PhD and funded MA programmes in areas including #AI, #VR, musical interaction, haptics, and digital fabrication.
Deadlines:
MA – 01/12/2025
PhD – 10/12/2025https://smtd.umich.edu/departments/performing-arts-technology/
#MusicTechnology #SoundStudies #DigitalArts #GraduateStudies
