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Noah Pred @noahpred.bsky.social · 15d

Personally been having fun using gestural sonification to discover fresh ideas in the studio, but I can also see it leading new live performance modalities. Could even work as a dynamic motion sensor feed for an interactive installation work..!

Noah Pred @noahpred.bsky.social · 15d

Old and busted: audio-reactive visuals
New hotness: video-reactive... audibles?

More fun with the Data MIDI #Sonification Tool from @manifestaudio.bsky.social: manifest.audio/data-midi

(With apologies for the incessant bobbing & weaving 😅)

#synthsky

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ajceol.bsky.social @ajceol.bsky.social · Sep 6

🚨 The EU is trying to quietly weaken nature laws during summer break. We have 10 days to stop this.
Don't let them destroy our forests, rivers & wildlife in silence. #HandsOffNature www.wwf.eu/campaigns/it...

#ItsOurNature

www.wwf.eu

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Noah Pred @noahpred.bsky.social · Sep 4

Brainwave sonification experiment: Muse 2 headband transmitting to Mind Monitor iOS app, which converts brainwaves to OSC, sent via wifi to the @manifestaudio.bsky.social Sonification Tools I developed, running in Ableton Live 12. #synthsky #braindance

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Noah Pred @noahpred.bsky.social · Aug 27

Excited to share this method I've been teaching for years - download link for the free guide + audio effect rack at the bottom of this thread...

Manifest Audio @manifestaudio.bsky.social · Aug 27

Mix advice is everywhere. YouTube. Forums. Blog posts.
Most of it? Disconnected fragments. A tip here, a trick there - no context, no structure. /1

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · Aug 10

Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all:

“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”

Israel just killed him.

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · Aug 7

I wish every image of Gaza bombed and razed into smithereens included a “before” shot, when Gaza — even after decades of brutal occupation, of crushing blockade, of periodic bombings — was so lush, so green, covered in palm trees and beautiful buildings.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Aug 7

NEW: Since giving NYT hacked info from a Nazi and sending a swastika push alert, Substack's extremism is in the spotlight again. An investigation finds Substack is a haven for newsletters dedicated to white supremacy—with the co-founders' blessing.

A collab between @katz.theracket.news and me:

Substack’s extremist ecosystem is flourishing

The app's recent swastika push alert was just the tip of the iceberg.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · Aug 6

This an especially amusing case of -- I needed to figure out how to do something and the best documentation was by me. (well not so much me as @isotonikstudios.bsky.social and @noahpred.bsky.social but on CDM)!

Making Max for Live Devices work on Push and Push 3 standalone - CDM Create Digital Music

With Ableton Push 3, Max for Live effects, instruments, sequencers, and other tools can work on standalone hardware - even without your computer. So it's a perfect time to look at how Max for Live dev...

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more mr. dice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · Aug 3

cool how the Nobody Wants To Work Anymore guys are also the We Don't Want Human Employees Anymore guys. we're working as hard as we can to replace you with an iPad but until then let's see some hustle out there

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Noah Pred @noahpred.bsky.social · Aug 2

we are so literally cooked

Nordic countries hit by ‘truly unprecedented’ heatwave

Scientists record longest streak of temperatures higher than 30C in region in records going back to 1961

www.theguardian.com

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · Jul 27

The world is letting them

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Noah Pred @noahpred.bsky.social · Jul 27

sorry brb - gotta re-export my stems inside out

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Manifest Audio @manifestaudio.bsky.social · Jul 27

Reminder that all proceeds from our Desolation Echo go to
the PCRF - but today's a great day to give directly... pcrf.net ✊💙

PCRF

The Palestine Children's Relief Fund was established in 1992 by concerned humanitarians in the USA to bring injured and sick children for free medical care they could not get locally

pcrf.net

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Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · Jul 25

This story is updated. I stand by my reporting on this and throughout the past years. Our ability to make music depends on safe spaces.

cdm.link/no-more-musi...

No more music; Gaza is starving - CDM Create Digital Music

We've followed musicians in Palestine for years. Now the situation is an emergency. Palestinians are facing forced starvation. There's not much to add beyond this message from Ahmed Muin of Gaza Birds...

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Noah Pred @noahpred.bsky.social · Jul 24

stop fighting / start uniting: did a mix of unreleased material from the vault + some of my favorite classics from that era for the technaustia crew: soundcloud.com/area3000/tec... / if 1 ≠ free then free = 0

Technaustia Presents Noah Pred - 4 July 2025

Radio broadcasting. Storytelling podcasts. Music discovery. Community engagement. Area 3000 is a multifaceted platform dedicated to exploring underground music and industry conversations in Naarm/Mel

soundcloud.com

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ceej @ceej.online · Jul 5

Child of Omelas? That’s thinking too small. What if like eight billion people suffered so a few dozen guys could live lives so insane they convinced themselves it’s more likely they’re inside a computer simulation

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more mr. dice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · Oct 5

feels more like plato's GRAVE in here today, what's got you guys so bummed out? oh did you figure out the thing with the shadows

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · Jun 27

IDF soldiers have now themselves admitted they have been ordered to murder aid-seekers in Gaza.

Truly an atrocity built on atrocity.

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

'It's a Killing Field': IDF Soldiers Ordered to Shoot Deliberately at Unarmed Gazans Waiting for Humanitarian Aid
IDF officers and soldiers told Haaretz they were ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near food distribution sites in Gaza, even when no threat was present. Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed, prompting the military prosecution to call for a review into possible war crimes

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Manifest Audio @manifestaudio.bsky.social · Jun 27

Push the limits of musical creativity with MIDI Toolset 003: our latest suite of advanced MIDI Tools with four powerful Generators and eight versatile Transformations - on sale now with introductory pricing for a limited time only: manifest.audio/midi-toolset... 🎛️💡🔊

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Noah Pred @noahpred.bsky.social · Jun 26

Psyched to show what these can do… join in!

Manifest Audio @manifestaudio.bsky.social · Jun 26

Join us in ~30 minutes for our final livestream of the season as Ableton Certified Trainer @noahpred.bsky.social dives deep into endless creative features enabled by our newly-launched MIDI Toolset 003: www.youtube.com/live/-EpUuMQ... 📡✨

Exploring Endless Potential With MIDI Tools In Live 12.2

YouTube video by Manifest Audio

www.youtube.com

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Andy Hoberek @thathoberekguy.bsky.social · Jun 22

The President is slashing government services, sending troops into US cities to abduct people, illegally bombing Iran, and the Democratic Party is mobilizing its full might to … stop New York City from electing a mildly left-leaning mayor.

Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · Jun 22

Former President Bill Clinton is endorsing former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, his former HUD secretary, as the Democratic establishment tries to attempt to ensure Zohran Mamdani does not win the Democratic primary for NYC mayor. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/n...

Bill Clinton Endorses Andrew Cuomo for New York City Mayor

www.nytimes.com

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · Jun 22

this has to end. these people have to go. let the people who have to try to live in the future you ghouls created try to navigate it. youve done enormous, unfathomable damage already. retire

Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · Jun 22

Former President Bill Clinton is endorsing former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, his former HUD secretary, as the Democratic establishment tries to attempt to ensure Zohran Mamdani does not win the Democratic primary for NYC mayor. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/n...

Bill Clinton Endorses Andrew Cuomo for New York City Mayor

www.nytimes.com

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · Jun 21

Do the right thing: rank me #1, Zohran #2, and DON'T RANK ANDREW CUOMO.

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Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · Jun 16

I've been back and forth with friends in the last days. The message has been clear: don't be silent, and don't let the media ignore death and destruction in Iran. Round-up with resources, what artists are saying, and eyewitness reports:

Iranian music scene to world: civilians are under attack - CDM Create Digital Music

The unprovoked attack by Israel on Iran this week has put civilians in both locations in the line of fire and the entire region at risk of escalating war. There's a loud chorus from many of my Iranian...

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