Apparently there’s a sensor inside MacBooks that can tell the exact angle of the screen. Sam Henri Gold, a NYC-based design engineer, decided to use that revelation to make his laptop play the sound of a creaking door as it closed, and to control the pitch of a theremin.
My favorite pandemic tradition continues — buying music online where all of the money goes directly to the artists. Bandcamp is once again skipping its cut of funds on the first Friday of the month. But, be warned, there are only two Bandcamp Fridays left in 2025: October 3rd and December 5th.
Ableton Live 12.3 is now available as a public beta with a number of new features, including for the Push 3. But the headlining updates are stem separation courtesy of Music AI (makers of Moises) and Splice integration, which greatly streamlines workflows for producers that rely heavily on samples.
