Jim Reekes, the wily architect of many of the groundbreaking Mac system sounds, sets the story straight on his wicked beep.

Related link: http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2005/02/23/mp3_embed.html After reading my article “Build a Simple MP3 Player for Your Site,” a visitor asked if it were possible to use the technique to create a streaming media player on the fly. It is. The technique in the article simply pops open a window with an embedded media player when someone clicks a special JavaScript link. You...

The new eSession service will let songwriters hire top musicians and recording engineers by the track or by the hour—then download their custom riffs and grooves.

This Flash-based drum machine is the first one I’ve seen where the notes aren’t quantized, which produces an interesting, sloppy feel. Cool sounds, too.

Mobile PC magazine’s feature article on history’s top 100 gadgets is immensely fun to read. But some of the choices are just bizarre.

My handy pocket voice recorder finally snapped after three years, so I thought I’d replace it with a model that also plays MP3s and works as a flash drive. But finding the ideal balance has been tricky.

What’s the best MIDI keyboard for portable computer music? Here are some features to consider.

I just found an annotated photo tour of the wackiest music gizmos to come out in the last eight years. Many have a flash of brilliance.

This experimental JavaScript calculator displays durations of notes and phrases in seconds and milliseconds. It's handy for calculating tempo-based synchronization effects, and also demonstrates JavaScript rounding techniques.

Computer music pioneers John Chowning and Max Mathews discussed nearly 50 years of breakthroughs in the field during a special lecture at the Computer History Museum on December 14, 2004.