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These retro and SGI-inspired Ableton Live themes will make you smile
Deafman’s set of retro themes for Ableton Live, originally inspired by Silicon Graphics workstations, impressed when I first wrote about them. This summer, Clem has a bunch of updates: improved themes, a theme editor, a new pack, updated fonts (with Retina and bold versions), and easy installers. It’s a one-stop makeover kit for Ableton Live. But it’s more than that: it’s a mood enhancer. I smiled, like, literally.
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Sampleslicer MKIII, the definitive real-time sampler looper slicer module
Live performance requires practice. And creating a truly performance-oriented module also requires a long process of iteration and refinement. Sampleslicer MKIII, the live sampling-looping-slicing labor, by Jan Willem (ginkosynthese), is the culmination of that process. And it just keeps getting better: today’s beta update, just announced, adds features like momentary reverse, non-repeating one-shot, and gate-triggered resets.
Peter Kirn - July 11, 2025
Gear Modular-Analog Music tech Reviews Tech
FL Studio 2025: Mixer add and delete, AI help, more plugins, Python scripts
FL Studio, the everlasting DAW that the uninitiated think is way less powerful than it is, just got more powerful again. And if you were perplexed by it in the past, it has a new AI-powered chat to help you out, called Gopher. The good news is, you’ll need help less, thanks to in-Playlist audio editing and Mixer tracks finally working the way you’d expect. FL continues to be underrated, overpowered, and seriously fun, so let’s take a look.
Peter Kirn - July 10, 2025
Music tech Software Tech
Renoise 3.5 is huge: phrase scripting, tuning support, splitter effect, more
Peter Kirn - July 8, 2025
Music tech Software Tech
Tom Oberheim turns 89 today; a conversation with Tom
Peter Kirn - July 7, 2025
Gear Modular-Analog Music tech Stories Tech
Way more than acid: pay-if-you-can Sting 2 is instant inspiration
Peter Kirn - July 7, 2025
Music tech Reviews Software Tech
Oberheim TEO-5: Tom’s legacy, now on desktop, $1399
Peter Kirn - July 1, 2025
Gear Music tech Tech
Sequential Take 5: Dave Smith’s legacy, now on desktop, $1299
Peter Kirn - July 1, 2025
Gear Music tech Tech
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