@TerrenceOBrien

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

 Staten Island, NY
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Joined May 2007
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@verge20 Nov 2025
Suno’s CEO thinks typing a text prompt is ‘really active’ music creation theverge.com/report/825141/s…

No, typing an AI prompt is not ‘really active’ music creation

Suno CEO Mikey Shulman thinks typing a text prompt into an AI is “really active” music creation, and frankly, that’s insulting.

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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@TerrenceOBrien15 Jan 2025
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@verge15 Nov 2025
How to find music you will love without the algorithm theverge.com/report/821614/d…

How to find music you will love without the algorithm

To find music you will love, stop letting the algorithm take the reins and start listening with intention.

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@verge12 Oct 2025
You need to watch the bonkers Japanese fantasy horror film House theverge.com/entertainment/7…

You need to watch the bonkers Japanese fantasy horror film House

The nightmare logic and surreal visuals of Japanese fantasy horror film House will leave you wondering “WTF did I just watch?”

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@verge10 Feb 2025
Teenage Engineering OP-XY review: extremely fun, extremely powerful, extremely expensive theverge.com/reviews/608609/…

Teenage Engineering OP-XY review: extremely fun, extremely powerful, extremely expensive

Buttoned up.

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MusicTech@MusicTechMag16 Dec 2024
Powerful, innovative and, most importantly, fun, the Polyend Synth makes complex synth arrangements accessible to the most amateur of players. musictech.com/features/inter…

“Curious, foolish and ambitious”: How Polyend’s Synth is reimagining synthesizer design

Powerful, innovative and, most importantly, fun, the Polyend Synth makes complex synth arrangements accessible to the most amateur of players.

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@engadget30 Oct 2024
Election 2024: How will the candidates regulate AI? engt.co/4foysyj

Election 2024: How will the candidates regulate AI? - Engadget

While it might not garner the headlines that immigration, abortion or inflation do, AI is quietly one of the more consequential issues this election season. What regulations are put in place and how...

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194 Followers • 37 Threads • Verge Weekend Editor Writer, editor, musician, serial hobbyist. Former Engadget. Bylines: Wired, MusicTech, Refinery29, Switched. See the latest conversations with...

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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. wired.com/review/moog-muse-r…

The Moog Muse Is a High-End Synth That Inspires

This eight-voice analog synthesizer isn’t cheap, but it delivers a lot for the money.

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My review for MusicTech is live!
MusicTech@MusicTechMag28 Jul 2024
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.⁣ ⁣ But there is one BIG hurdle for Arturia to overcome…⁣ musictech.com/reviews/hardwa…

Arturia PolyBrute 12: Possibly the most powerful analogue synthesizer of the modern age

A new FullTouch MPE keyboard and double the voices help the Arturia PolyBrute 12 realise its expressive potential

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Christina Warren
@film_girl9 Jul 2024
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 wired.com/review/arturia-ast…

Arturia's AstroLab Puts Over 30 World-Class Virtual Synths in a Luxurious Keyboard

The company’s first stage keyboard is just its Analog Lab software instrument in hardware form, but that’s not a bad thing.

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I'm not a J Cole fan but I'm actually embarrassed for him right now.
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Went on the 40 Watt Podcast and did my best to piss off guitarists. youtu.be/ssUmEfWCBew?si=Udmy…

S4E8 - I F***ing Hated Stevie Ray Vaughan" w/ Terrence O'Brien

Terrence O'Brien is a journalist, editor, musician, and all around ...

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Bless the physical therapy assistant today who thought I was in my late 20s.
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Been a while but, I'm back on @MakerParkRadio tonight at 6pm ET
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Gloria Sin@gloria_sin14 Mar 2024
THIS. I am so frustrated by American journalists who seem to be ignorant of CCP's meddling & surveillance of fellow reporters & sources -- just because you love some part of the app! Stop both-siding a foreign owned biz with American-owned rivals that are subjected to US laws.
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@DrEricDing13 Mar 2024
Replying to @DrEricDing @RepSpanberger
7) TikTok has **admitted** it used its app to spy on reporters and track their sources, according to internal email. They were tracking IP information & this was used to monitor journalists in the US. ➡️we want to avoid another journalist Jamal Khashoggi incident!
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Brian Heater@bheater13 Mar 2024
My good friend and colleague @SarahPerezTC experienced a massive fire at home. Please help if you can. gofundme.com/f/yd78gx-sarah-…

Donate to Sarah and Josie need our help!, organized by HEIDI SULPHER

In the early hours of March 13th, Sarah's world turned upside down. As the bright glare o… HEIDI SULPHER needs your support for Sarah and Josie need our help!

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Considering the going rate for most media jobs these days and the cost of living in NYC, might need to consider a 2nd career change.
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Regardless of what I end up doing for a paycheck, I'll still end up writing and creating things because I literally do not know how not to. But maybe it'd be nice to do it on my own terms for a while.
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