Free Downgrade turns Ableton Live into lo-fi wobbly vaporwave tape

Fidelity? High-quality sound? No – degradation! And if you don’t have a ragged VHS deck or cassette Walkman handy, these free effects racks in Ableton Live will sort you out.

Reason 10.3 delivers on VST performance promises

We’ve been waiting, but now the waiting is done. Propellerhead has added the VST performance boost it had promised to Reason users – meaning plug-ins now benefit from Reason 10’s patchable racks.

Peter Kirn - April 16, 2019

Max TV: go inside Max 8’s wonders with these videos

Max 8 – and by extension the latest Max for Live – offers some serious powers to build your own sonic and visual stuff. So let’s tune in some videos to learn more.

Peter Kirn - April 11, 2019

Alternative modular: pd knobs is a Pure Data-friendly knob controller

Peter Kirn - April 3, 2019

Two free plug-ins and a music label take you into ambient worlds

Peter Kirn - March 28, 2019

Apple ships update it says addresses USB audio issues on recent Macs

Peter Kirn - March 26, 2019

NI Massive X synth sees first features, interface revealed

Peter Kirn - March 14, 2019

Use Ableton Live faster with the free Live Enhancement Suite

Peter Kirn - March 11, 2019

Unique takes on delay and tremolo from K-Devices, now as plug-ins

Peter Kirn - March 8, 2019

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