Make Ableton Live easy on the eyes in low light – with a retro 80s & 90s look

Our friend DeafMan is back with another retro take on the Ableton Live color scheme. This time, the idea is making Live look attractive and legible in low light – even extreme low light. So get set for that late-night session, light a couple of candles, and travel back to the screen aesthetics of the 80s and 90s.

Synplant 2 is as close to an alien laboratory as a synth plug-in can get

Few instrument designs have ever come as close to science fiction as Synplant – and the alien breeding lab for sound has gotten more otherworldly in this update than ever. Replace those knobs with a double helix and start genetically engineering new paths from any sound you want to load. Here’s a first hands-on.

Peter Kirn - October 4, 2023

Korg drumlogue: major Sinevibes Nano update, plus free Braids synth

Korg’s drumlogue has a killer app: the incredible-sounding Sinevibes Nano dual-oscillator synth, with all the extras. And that app gets a ton of new stuff in a free system refresh. Add that to the separate, 3rd-party synth based on Mutable Instruments’ Braids macro oscillator, and … drumlogue is like two shampoos in one!

Peter Kirn - October 3, 2023

Soundtoys worked to support local flood relief: here’s how it went

Peter Kirn - October 2, 2023

Dnipro x Sinevibes Radiant multi-effects Eurorack module – made in Ukraine

Peter Kirn - September 30, 2023

Making Max for Live Devices work on Push and Push 3 standalone

Peter Kirn - September 29, 2023

Bandcamp never seemed to fit Epic; now Epic is selling it to Songtradr

Peter Kirn - September 28, 2023

Hey, what is MIDI Thru actually about, anyway?

Peter Kirn - September 28, 2023

Roland unveils GAIA 2 hybrid polysynth with Model Expansion support

Peter Kirn - September 28, 2023

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