Ship Log.
A unified what's-new feed: every app release and version update, plus every published blog post, sorted by ship date.
2026
Generating a starting point (Songen Generative DAW)
Building a beat from scratch with Songen's on-device generative engine on Mac: editable MIDI lands on a multi-track DAW timeline, ready to refine.
View Video →How to Use a Teleprompter Without Looking Like You're Reading
Read a teleprompter naturally without robotic eye movement. SpeechBeat uses on-device AI to turn raw scripts into Smart Beats, then delivers them in a static Glance and Speak prompter beside the front camera.
Read Ship Log →How Apple Summarizes 80K Transcripts with Zero Data Retention
Private Cloud Compute encrypts long meeting transcripts for stateless summary runs in isolated enclaves, then drops session data so server-class reasoning does not behave like third-party storage.
View Video →Apple PCC summarizes 80K transcripts without keeping session data
When meeting transcripts outgrow on-device context, Private Cloud Compute runs encrypted summary work in isolated enclaves, then clears the session. CoreRecord keeps raw audio on the Mac.
Read Note →Apple Upgraded On-Device Dictation to an Active Listener
Apple's third-generation Foundation Models treat dictation as language comprehension on Apple Silicon: fillers drop, mid-sentence fixes land, and punctuation formats locally without cloud audio.
View Video →AFM 3 on-device speech comprehension
Apple AFM 3 Core Advanced adds an active-listener multimodal layer for local dictation, sparse activation, and clean meeting notes without cloud audio.
Read Note →How Apple's AFM 3 Solves On-Device Speech Comprehension
Apple's AFM 3 Core Advanced multimodal stack targets local dictation with disfluency handling and punctuation. What that means for native meeting capture and offline voice memos.
Read Article →How to Get iOS 27's Smart Calendar AI in Europe Right Now
Certain Apple Intelligence calendar features are currently unavailable in the EU. LocalPlan uses on-device Apple Foundation Models to turn text into events on iOS 26.
Read Ship Log →CoreRecord (Part 3): Private AI Summaries
Part 3 of the CoreRecord Mac build series: offline live transcription on device, optional Apple Intelligence summaries via Private Cloud Compute, and raw audio that never leaves the Mac.
View Video →CoreRecord (Part 2): Live On-Device Transcription
Part 2 of the CoreRecord Mac build series: live speech-to-text on Apple Silicon, timestamped lines tied to the local recording, and transcription that runs fully on-device.
View Video →CoreRecord (Part 1): Mic + System Audio in Sync
Part 1 of the CoreRecord Mac build series: mic and system audio in one local session on native macOS audio taps, with free dual capture in the app.
View Video →How macOS Private Cloud Compute Solves the On-Device AI Context Barrier
Apple's Private Cloud Compute brings server-class reasoning to macOS while preserving local-first privacy. Hybrid fallback architecture powers modern Mac applications.
Read Article →CoreRecord v2.0
Apple Intelligence meeting summaries via Private Cloud Compute, with on-device SystemLanguageModel fallback. CoreRecord AI monthly subscription (includes Pro system audio). Updated privacy policy and hybrid routing for transcript-only PCC requests.
View Release →Building an On-Device Ecosystem · Part 4 of 4
How to align preview visuals and landing copy with the same on-device story engineering built into the app.
Read Note →Building an On-Device Ecosystem · Part 3 of 4
How to guarantee 100% uptime and true portability for professional creator tools.
Read Note →Building an On-Device Ecosystem · Part 2 of 4
How to turn an on-device privacy boundary into a clear App Store positioning hook for professional creators.
Read Note →Building an On-Device Ecosystem · Part 1 of 4
How to keep a teleprompter dictation loop in sync with the creator's pace during on-device capture.
Read Note →CoreRecord Released
Local-first meeting synthesis. Captures system and mic audio strictly on local silicon, routing only sanitized text to Private Cloud Compute for stateless executive summaries.
View App →CoreRecord v1.0
Initial Mac App Store release: on-device transcription, lifetime Pro unlock for ScreenCaptureKit system audio, local .caf storage, and zero developer cloud servers.
View Release →Building Zero-Latency iOS Apps on the Neural Engine
How routing AI inference directly through Apple's Neural Engine creates instant interfaces, locked-in unit economics, and a definitive privacy posture.
Read Ship Log →Songen — MIDI as the foundation
Songen generates editable multi-track MIDI on the device so you can change sounds, edit the piano roll, and export to your DAW without rebuilding the sequence.
Read Note →On-Device AI — Private, Offline, Instant
How Apple Foundation Models on the Neural Engine keep inference private, offline-capable, and instant on iOS.
Read Note →On-Device Foundation Models
How Kaari, LocalMemo, LocalPlan, and SpeechBeat run Apple Foundation Models on the Neural Engine, offline and on your phone.
Read Note →SpeechBeat Released
Turn spoken captures into teleprompter beats and full-screen talking-head videos. Freemium on-device AI studio with 3 free saves and optional Pro lifetime unlock.
View App →Generative Music on iPhone with Songen
A short-form reel showing on-device generative music production with Songen, from loop generation to a finished idea ready for a DAW.
View Video →How Jim Collins' Hedgehog Concept shaped RollSearch, one job, filename search, 100% on-device.
How Jim Collins' Hedgehog Concept shaped RollSearch, one job, filename search, 100% on-device.
Read Note →The Rolling Stones' Forgotten One-Take Hit: 'Start Me Up'
A single rock take cut at the end of a 1978 reggae session sat in the vault for three years until Chris Kimsey recovered it for Tattoo You, and Mick Jagger turned it into a stadium anthem.
View Video →The Rolling Stones' Accidental 7-Minute Jam on 'Can't You Hear Me Knocking'
At Olympic Studios in 1970, Mick Taylor, Bobby Keys, and Rocky Dijon improvised past the song ending while Andy Johns kept rolling tape, and the full seven-minute take made Sticky Fingers unedited.
View Video →Keep Building 01: Shipping My 5th App
Channel launch vlog covering a 14,000-step morning walk, a fifth on-device AI app built on Apple Foundation Models, and guitar tracking for a new song.
View Video →How Keith Richards Recorded 'Happy' Alone in One Afternoon
During the Exile on Main St. sessions in France, Keith Richards cut a U.S. Top 25 hit with producer Jimmy Miller on drums and Bobby Keys on sax while the rest of the band slept.
View Video →Derek and the Dominos' Legendary 'Layla' Slide Solo
The story behind Duane Allman's slide solo on Derek and the Dominos' Layla, and the pickup-level trick behind those screaming high notes.
View Video →LocalMemo v2.0
Shipped a major update utilizing Apple Foundation Models. Zero server costs, maximum privacy.
View Release →How Fleetwood Mac's Engineers Saved 'Rumours' Using Manual Tape Sync
The story behind the brilliant 1976 studio rescue when degraded master tapes forced engineers to manually sync two analog tape machines by ear.
View Video →How to Search Your iPhone Photos by Exact Filename
The native iOS Photos app hides raw filenames. RollSearch indexes your camera roll on-device so you can find any photo or video in milliseconds. No cloud uploads, no subscriptions.
Read Ship Log →Building an Offline Voice Memo App That Lets You Chat With Your Notes
LocalMemo transcribes voice on iPhone, structures notes with Apple Foundation Models, and runs chat queries on user data. No cloud servers, no monthly subscription.
Read Ship Log →How Apple Runs Giant AI on Your Phone's Storage Drive
Apple Flash Memory Inference stores LLM weights on NAND flash and loads them on demand, bypassing iPhone DRAM limits without cloud offload.
View Video →How Apple Runs Giant AI on Your Phone's Storage Drive
Apple Flash Memory Inference stores LLM weights on NAND flash and loads them on demand. Windowing and row-column bundling bypass iPhone RAM limits.
Read Article →How Apple Shrinks a Giant AI Model Like an MP3 File
Apple uses two-bit quantization to compress massive foundation models. By trimming mathematical precision like an MP3 trims audio, AI runs natively on your iPhone's unified memory.
Read Article →How Apple Fits Hundreds of Expert AI Models on Your Phone
Apple uses LoRA adapters to swap tens-of-megabyte expert modules on a frozen on-device foundation model, like changing lenses on one camera body.
View Video →How Apple Fits Hundreds of Expert AI Models on Your Phone
Apple uses LoRA adapters to run specialized AI tasks on iOS. By swapping tens-of-megabyte weight modules like camera lenses, one base model serves many experts without exhausting storage.
Read Article →The Clever Strategy Apple Uses to Scale AI Models Locally
Apple uses inference-time elasticity in AFM 3 Core Advanced to scale active parameters on the fly. Simple tasks use fewer experts; complex reasoning activates deeper parameter subsets.
Read Article →Apple's Hidden AI Library Architecture
Apple uses Instruction-Following Pruning to run 20-billion parameter foundation models on device. AFM 3 Core Advanced activates only 1 to 4 billion parameters per prompt from NAND flash.
Read Article →How Apple Made Local AI Models Run 3x Faster on Your Phone
Apple Speculative Streaming accelerates on-device LLMs with multi-stream attention. One foundation model predicts n-gram token streams without a separate draft model.
Read Article →The Clever Framework I Used to Build an On-Device App
Applying Jim Collins' Hedgehog Concept to iOS engineering. How strict product constraints shaped RollSearch as a fast, local-only camera roll filename search tool.
Read Ship Log →How Apple Squeezes a 20-Billion Parameter AI Model Onto an iPhone
Apple's AFM 3 Core Advanced uses a sparse architecture to run 20-billion parameters on device. Only 1 to 4 billion parameters activate per prompt within mobile thermal limits.
Read Article →RollSearch Released
Find the exact asset you need, instantly. RollSearch bypasses the endless photo grid by indexing your camera roll by raw system filename, giving you lightning-fast media retrieval and professional-grade file management.
View App →The Beatles' Leslie Speaker Breakthrough: How Tomorrow Never Knows Shaped Modern DSP
The story behind John Lennon's otherworldly vocal sound on Tomorrow Never Knows, and the electromechanical engineering behind modern rotary audio plugins.
Read Article →The Beatles' 4-Track Masterpiece: How Sgt. Pepper Pioneered Track Freezing
The story behind the massive layers on The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper, and how the analog technique of 'bouncing down' became the blueprint for modern DAW workflows.
Read Article →LocalPlan Released
Stop wasting time on data entry. LocalPlan instantly transforms scattered texts and emails into perfectly scheduled Apple Calendar events, keeping your schedule entirely private on your device.
View App →The Beatles' Tape Keyboard: How a 1966 Rented Mellotron Pioneered the Modern VST
The story behind the iconic flute intro on Strawberry Fields Forever, and how the mechanical engineering of the Mellotron laid the blueprint for modern digital sampling.
Read Article →The Beatles' Half-Speed Technique: How 'In My Life' Pioneered Modern Pitch-Shifting
The story behind George Martin's famous piano solo on The Beatles' 'In My Life', and how analog tape manipulation laid the groundwork for modern digital pitch-shifting.
Read Article →The Beatles' Bass Innovation: How Sgt. Pepper Pioneered the Modern DI Box
The story behind Paul McCartney's massive bass tone on Sgt. Pepper, and how a custom Abbey Road circuit laid the blueprint for modern direct recording.
Read Article →The Beatles' Drum Innovation: How 'Rain' Pioneered Modern Close-Miking
The story behind Ringo Starr's massive drum sound on 'Rain', and how breaking strict studio rules laid the foundation for modern drum recording and transient control.
Read Article →LocalMemo Released
More than just dictation. LocalMemo uses Apple's newest on-device technology to transcribe, structure, and let you chat directly with your personal notes, 100% offline, perfectly private, and subscription-free.
View App →Kaari Released
Master your focus and build unstoppable momentum. Kaari combines a precision focus timer with on-device AI analysis to uncover your peak productivity hours and track your deep work without exposing your data.
View App →2025
The Evolution of the Instrument
From Stratocaster to drum machine to DAW, tools are the vehicle that translates vision into reality.
Read Article →The Hybrid Approach
Lock the kick and snare to the grid, play the hi-hats live, the machine and the human in one groove.
Read Article →Generate > Curate > Learn
How a Songen loop became a harmonic lesson, and an evolved workflow for generative production.
Read Article →Generative Music Logic
Set the rules first, let the system improvise within your constraints, and curate until it sounds like you.
Read Article →The MIDI as the Framework.
One generative sequence, two completely different styles, the MIDI stays, the producer conducts.
Read Article →The "Chorus First" Arrangement.
Why Nile Rodgers started with the hook, and a blueprint for immediate impact over slow builds.
Read Article →The "50% Method" for Organic Grooves
Partial quantization tightens the groove without killing the micro-timing that makes a take feel real.
Read Article →The "Long Take" Technique.
Why recording 32–64 bars of hardware synth captures evolution that a 4-bar loop never will.
Read Article →I remember my favorite hybrid setup. It was a labyrinth of cables, but the sound was worth it.
FL Studio, MPC 1000, and MPC 60, when MIDI sent the data and hardware provided the texture.
Read Article →Technology changes. The language stays the same.
From MPC drum machines to generative AI, MIDI remains the universal blueprint of composition.
Read Article →Kurinalainen anarkia – Mikael Rautasen ja Inderesin tarina
Business biography of Mikael Rautanen and Inderes by Maaret Launis. Audiobook production for Storytel Original (5h 15m).
View Credits →Vibe Tracks Released
Instantly generate royalty-free MIDI loops and track foundations using on-device AI. Swipe to shape your sound, then export directly to your DAW.
View App →2024
Ambient
An exploration of human-AI collaboration, combining generative MIDI from Songen with live guitar and DAW synth production.
View Credits →Guitarate Released
Learn guitar by jamming along to AI-generated backing tracks in any style. Features real-time chord displays, tempo adjustment, and 100% on-device processing.
View App →Flow Run Released
Your movement music, evolved. An AI-powered music generator that creates dynamic, personalized soundtracks that perfectly match your walking or running tempo.
View App →2021
Tyrmäävä (feat. IKE)
From the album Kohti unelmii (2021). Arranged and composed for Särre.
View Credits →Takas ysäriin (feat. Nisa)
From the album Kohti unelmii (2021). Composed for Särre.
View Credits →2020
Songen Released
Songen is an on-device generative music app for iPhone and Mac. Create beats and full loops in your chosen style.
View App →Uuden aallon lauluja
Asa's eighth studio album (2020), produced by DJ Polarsoul. Mastering.
View Credits →PlayOff: Haluatko jalkapallotähdeksi?
Original theme music for Nelonen's PlayOff reality series, where 22 contestants competed for a Veikkausliiga contract with KuPS.
View Credits →2019
2018
Love
From the album Rakkauslauluja Miehille (2018). Produced and composed for Asa.
View Credits →2017
White Polo
From the Young Prophet EP (2017). Produced and composed for Mavi Phoenix.
View Credits →Tuntumaa - Sessiostyle
From the Lamminpää EP (2017). Produced, mixed, and mastered for Kalle Kinos.
View Credits →2016
2015
Vainot
From the album Syvä Ätmös (2015). Produced, recorded, and mixed for Kalle Kinos.
View Credits →Eihän Oo Vielä Myöhäistä
From the album Syvä Ätmös (2015). Recording for Kalle Kinos.
View Credits →Ihan pomona
Mäkki's debut studio album (2015). Mixing on a Gold-certified release that peaked at #11 on the Finnish album chart.
View Credits →2013
Laival eka laival vika
2013 single for Mäkki. Recording and mixing on a Gold-certified release.
View Credits →Perhosefekti
From the album Sinä, minä & musa (2013). Recording for Timi Lexikon. Certified Gold in Finland.
View Credits →2012
Tää Kesä
2012 single produced and composed for Timi Lexikon. Certified Gold in Finland.
View Credits →jvg.fi
JVG's second studio album (2012). Mixing assistant on a Gold-certified release that debuted at #1 on the Finnish album chart.
View Credits →2010
Huasteleppa levveemmin
From the album Vähät valitan (2010). Produced and composed for Timi Lexikon.
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