Guitarists today are spoiled for choice, and that goes doubly true for players who use computer-based amp modeling software. I’m one such player, and I don’t miss the size, weight, deafening volume, ...

Experimental synth specialist Soma Laboratory has announced Warp, a new desktop multi-effect unit designed for both studio and stage use. Soma is describing Warp as an ‘all-in-one creative companion’ ...

Evanston, on a supposedly quiet Monday morning, is noisier than you might think. “OK, what’s that guy so angry about?” Fred Armisen asked as a garbage truck barreled down Sherman Avenue. A moment ...

Comedian Fred Armisen has just put out a new album. It is called "100 Sound Effects" - and that's exactly what it is. Over the years, fans of Armisen's comedy have come to expect the unexpected - ...

Not long ago, Fred Armisen was reminiscing about the sound-effect LPs he used to stock at the Chicago record store where he worked in the Nineties. These vinyl platters contained all kinds of sounds, ...

The comedian Fred Armisen has a thing for sound. He’s a former punk musician and a master of accents, and he is now releasing a new album of sound effects. “I was lamenting that there aren’t ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook One of the biggest changes that has taken place for the Joestars since the Stardust Crusader days ...

Just a year and a half ago, the latest and greatest of Adobe's Firefly generative AI offerings involved producing high-quality images from text with customization options, such as reference images.

Since rolling out the redesign of its Firefly app in April, Adobe has been releasing major updates for the generative AI hub at a near monthly clip. Today, the company is introducing a handful of new ...

That now classic tagline (from Alien, one of the greatest science-fiction horror movies ever made) hinges on a big assumption that most of us broadly make: space is empty. And it is—mostly. But there ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Fans of Wicked certainly felt a stirring when the film finally got to the musical's best-known song, Defying Gravity, but they probably didn't notice ...

Sound effects are some of the most underappreciated aspects of cinema. Indeed, the visual nature of film as a medium often ensures that sound is taken for granted, particularly when it comes to ...