music MIDI pioneer Dave Smith dead at 72 Rob Beschizza

music No-nonsense MIDI player for modern Macs Rob Beschizza

Games Super Midi Pak turns SNES into a synthesizer Rob Beschizza

music How one electronic music producer wants to decolonize music software Thom Dunn

music A musician couple used biosonic MIDI technology to convert their baby's ultrasound into music Thom Dunn

DIY How to convert a MIDI guitar into a QWERTY keyboard Thom Dunn

music Live kitten cam with meows transformed into saxophone sounds David Pescovitz

copyright A pair of musicians recorded every possible MIDI melody just to get around copyright law Thom Dunn

music Super Mario theme performed on MalletKAT, a full-size MIDI xylophone Rob Beschizza

music 8-bit Bohemian Rhapsody Andrea James

music WATCH: scorching guitar riff with ACPAD MIDI controller prototype Andrea James

art Watch a time lapse video of 1000 days of mushroom growth Jennifer Sandlin

gadgets Teenage Engineering's TP–7 field recorder has a motorized "tape reel" Rob Beschizza

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Games Game of Monopoly leads to sword fight Rob Beschizza

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cats Crispy and friends have a cat-nip hotbox party Elías Villoro

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water Someone made a beer out of air conditioner condensation Thom Dunn

Weird A building contractor explains "haunted" houses David Pescovitz