Terrence O'Brien

No longer here.
Writer, editor, musician, serial hobbyist.
Former Engadget. Bylines: Wired, MusicTech, Refinery29, Switched.

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You can find me here if you really want to follow me on social media: https://t.co/cObr4lo6Mc

[The Verge @verge]

Suno’s CEO thinks typing a text prompt is ‘really active’ music creation https://t.co/a5nmUNA36A

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Friendly reminder to the over 5,000 people who still inexplicably follow this very dead account, I've left this hellhole.

[Terrence O'Brien @TerrenceOBrien]

You can find me here if you really want to follow me on social media: https://t.co/cObr4lo6Mc

[The Verge @verge]

How to find music you will love without the algorithm https://t.co/daQsjeDdfw

[The Verge @verge]

You need to watch the bonkers Japanese fantasy horror film House https://t.co/Z1iLveawyc

[The Verge @verge]

Teenage Engineering OP-XY review: extremely fun, extremely powerful, extremely expensive https://t.co/waMxICOAJj

[MusicTech @MusicTechMag]

Powerful, innovative and, most importantly, fun, the Polyend Synth makes complex synth arrangements accessible to the most amateur of players. https://t.co/F0CtLRvqcq

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@nsputnik Yep. I had nothing to do with that hed and trying to get it changed.

[Engadget @engadget]

Election 2024: How will the candidates regulate AI? https://t.co/iyQANcSiUz

[Terrence O'Brien @TerrenceOBrien]

@mikerugnetta You don't like when a year into its life all of its surfaces develop a bizarre stickiness that borders on indescribable by normal human language?

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I reviewed the new Moog Muse for @WIRED
Somehow it manages to feel like a pretty decent bang for your buck despite the $3,500 price tag.
https://t.co/cCu1YXUfMt

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My review for MusicTech is live!

[MusicTech @MusicTechMag]

With the PolyBrute 12, Arturia addressed some issues with the original and, in the process may, have built the most powerful analogue synthesizer of the modern age.⁣
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But there is one BIG hurdle for Arturia to overcome…⁣ https://t.co/8fbo5gSr0p

[Christina Warren @film_girl]

So someone bought the TUAW domain, populated it with AI-generated slop, and then reused my name from a job I had when I was 21 years old to try to pull some SEO scam that won’t even work in 2024 because Google changed its algo. Assholes! H/t @gruber

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Excited to share that I'll be bringing my synth and pedal nerdery to @WIRED on a freelance basis. Up first: @ArturiaOfficial 's new AstroLab https://t.co/B3BwONtggP

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I'm not a J Cole fan but I'm actually embarrassed for him right now.

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@mcwm That's wild. It felt stronger for sure, but would have never guessed that much stronger

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Went on the 40 Watt Podcast and did my best to piss off guitarists. https://t.co/jqrSh7UZkc

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@m4tt Smart kid.

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@joeljohnson None of them, my former employer included, have any grasp of what it takes to run a functional media property. And frankly I don't think they're interested. They just want to milk the SEO/commerce thing for every last penny before it stops being a thing all together in a year.