// The blog
Notes from the studio
Product updates, creative teardowns, platform notes, and the occasional rant about ad creative that should have been killed in the brief stage.
The Only Way: play the guitar rig behind Ten Yard Fight's final EP
John LaCroix's Dual Rectifier rig from the record, on Mac and Windows: 16 captures of one early-90s Recto, two channels, a pedalboard, cab choices, and the LaCroix preset.
AI Cinema: BYOM video editing in the browser
A Premiere-style timeline for AI-generated short-form video — bring your own models, render client-side, keep your keys.
AxeBlock EDIT: your Axe-Fx, from your iPad
A real-time MIDI editor for the Fractal Axe-Fx II and III — every block, the routing grid, and live performance controls.
Submissive Chicken: no dignity, by design
A cynical, burned-out chicken at a terminal who does whatever you type. Free. No sign-up. TheAdBench.AI's front door.
TheAdBench.AI: score the creative before the spend
What TheAdBench.AI actually does, why the review happens before the media buy, and what a 0–100 score buys you.
Welcome to the bench
Why this blog exists and what to expect from it — short, specific, no thought leadership.