Ableton Live 11.1 in public beta, with new tools and native Apple Silicon support

Ableton Live 11.1 is now available as a public beta free to anyone with a Live 11 license. New in this build – new tools for handling lag and adjusting MIDI and pitch plus much-awaited native M1 Apple Silicon support. Now the truth is, Ableton Live already ran pretty darned well without any official Apple […]

Laurie Anderson, in video, on the stories behind her custom-built instruments

A violin can be totally transformed – and the performance with it – from ice skates to neon instruments to ventriloquists’ dummies. Laurie Anderson in this film talks about her many ingenious instrumental inventions.

Peter Kirn - September 27, 2021

Attacco turns any mic – and any surface – into expressive percussive music input

Attacco’s Virtual Controller, now in beta, makes anything into a percussive MIDI controller – not just for triggers, but expression, too. And you don’t need special hardware, either.

Peter Kirn - September 27, 2021

Rejoice, for Destroy FX has updated their free plug-ins, including legendary glitchy Buffer Override

Peter Kirn - September 24, 2021

Polyphonic noise generation from Indonesia, in squaresolid’s Chaosbyte synth

Peter Kirn - September 24, 2021

Plogue has made a chip-perfect emulation of the Yamaha FM synth line

Peter Kirn - September 22, 2021

Apple’s Spatial Audio experience comes together with head tracking, even for stereo music

Peter Kirn - September 22, 2021

Top music gear news from Superbooth 2021 – the CDM monster guide

Peter Kirn - September 22, 2021

Movements to music, as Instruments of Things goes live on Kickstarter with sensor system

Peter Kirn - September 20, 2021

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