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Your snares are weak; here are the free snares (and kicks) you need in Live, from Dial F
What does it take to make snares hot again? This free Live rack, that’s what. Dial F aka David Abravanel has been cooking up new music and more sounds – and stick around for exhaustive kicks. Notes and download for Live 10 are all on Google Drive: Snare Synth download, Rack, and demo project It […]
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Voltage Modular 2.0 – more features, more modules, more friendly – plus how to use it, free
Software modular just keeps getting better. Cherry Audio’s Voltage Modular looks like a top contender, with a major (free) 2.0 update and changes to support free and affordable module add-ons. https://cherryaudio.com/news/2020-05-19/voltage-modular-2-0-is-here Where Cherry fits Just think how rich and accessible the modular world is in software – and Cherry just made it more so. VCV […]
Peter Kirn - May 25, 2020
Music tech Software Stories Tech
Fall into the dislocated, glitching rituals of Microhm, latest project of Mexico’s Leslie Garcia
Life post-apocalypse is mysterious, but somehow comforting – a digitally generated, AI-assisted woven blanket of sounds. There is calm in uncertainty – once you adapt. At least that’s the feeling I get personally, listening to the glitching electro-acoustic ambiance of Microohm, Infinita Incertidumbre. There are yawning caverns, gently shuffling rhythms, persistent electronic rattles and beeps […]
Peter Kirn - May 21, 2020
DIY + Unusual Motion Music Music tech Stories Tech
Valhalla Supermassive is the reverb at the end of the universe – and it’s free
Peter Kirn - May 19, 2020
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Arturia recreates Oberheim OB-Xa – and it’s somehow even more massive
Peter Kirn - May 19, 2020
Music tech Software Stories Tech
Akai’s current MPC matures as gear hub, with new MPC Live II hardware and 2.8 software
Peter Kirn - May 14, 2020
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Novation Launchpad is a ready-to-play controller for the new Live Loops grid in Logic Pro
Peter Kirn - May 13, 2020
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