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How music works, with things you can play.

Every post about a rhythm contains the rhythm. Press play, then read why it feels the way it does.

September 22, 2026 · 5 min read

What happened to WavTool

The first browser DAW with an AI you could talk to is offline, and its team now works at Suno. This is what we know, with dates, and what the idea deserves next.

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September 22, 2026 · 4 min read

Undo is the most important AI feature

Not the model, not the voice, not the number of genres. The feature that decides whether you will actually use an AI in your music is whether you can take back everything it just did with one press.

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September 22, 2026 · 5 min read

Suno Studio pricing: what the assistant tier gets you, and what it does not

Suno has three plans and one of them has the editor. Here is what $0, $10 and $30 a month buy, in plain terms, and where the editing tier stops being an instrument.

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September 22, 2026 · 5 min read

Generators make songs. Instruments make musicians.

Three kinds of tool are sold with the same two words. One makes songs. One makes practice. One, we think, makes musicians. Here is how to tell them apart and why we built the third kind.

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September 21, 2026 · 3 min read

What swing is, and why it feels good

Swing is one small idea: every second note arrives late. It is the difference between a rhythm that marches and a rhythm that walks.

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September 21, 2026 · 3 min read

How lo-fi beats work

Four ideas, each simple on its own: a slow beat with swing, a backbeat that whispers, chords with one extra note, and sounds that have had the shine taken off.

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September 21, 2026 · 2 min read

The boom bap pattern, explained

Boom is the kick and bap is the snare. The snare never moves. Everything interesting about the pattern is where the kick goes between the snares.

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