Unreal Engine 5.5 for sound: Audio Widgets, MetaSounds news

Unreal Engine 5.5 is a major release for artists of all kinds. On the audio side, the free-to-start platform has new tools for visualizing and debugging, powerful Audio Widgets for UI interactions, and a slew of MetaSounds improvements for workflow, quality of life, and targeting different platforms. Oh, and – finally, there’s reverb.

Nintendo DS as ultra-portable generative source, with homebrew and Lua

It’s generative music that can fit into a spare pocket of a backpack. Nintendo DS + CellsDS homebrew + a little Lua code hacking + Korg’s Pandora PX4D guitar multi-effects = pure bliss.

Peter Kirn - September 16, 2024

Gamepad Control for Ableton Live unlocks gamepads for music

Those Switch Pro, PlayStation4, PlayStation5, and Xbox Xs controllers are just sitting there, waiting to be used as a music input, right? Enter Gamepad Control, the latest Max for Live invention.

Peter Kirn - June 18, 2024

Put headphones on your heart and enter Leeni’s magical chip music world

Peter Kirn - April 29, 2024

Protokol update: free MIDI, OSC, gamepad monitoring utility

Peter Kirn - February 8, 2024

Chill out to some granular goodness in Modular Play on Playdate portable

Peter Kirn - December 28, 2023

Playdate pocket game system as sampler, granular instrument, FX, recorder, more

Peter Kirn - August 7, 2023

TouchOSC controller does iOS, Android, desktop, gamepads – and keeps getting better

Peter Kirn - July 17, 2023

Here’s the new nanoloop Game Boy cart in action – and more cute stuff coming

Peter Kirn - July 14, 2023

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