plugdata, cyclone get major updates — free stuff for patchers and end users

Peter Kirn - February 24, 2026

Image of hard-shell tacos; photo CC-BY Karl-Martin Skontorp

Taco Tuesday: reason to be cautiously optimistic about tariff relief

Peter Kirn - February 24, 2026

Ardour 9.2, free and open DAW, grants user wishes — Region FX, anyone?

Peter Kirn - February 23, 2026

Basil stereo delay completes Bastl’s PIZZA trio on VCV Rack — all for free

Peter Kirn - February 22, 2026

Ableton Move hardware, compact grid-based standalone groovebox, running Move Everything, showing overlay of (streamed) display wit OB-Xd open source Oberheim model and cutoff parameter

Move Everything hacks Ableton Move for custom devices — and accessibility

Peter Kirn - February 19, 2026

Poly Flanger: a guide to Minimal Audio’s new tunable 8-voice FX

Peter Kirn - February 18, 2026

Laurie Spiegel’s Music Mouse is available now from Eventide

Peter Kirn - February 17, 2026

Look Mum No Computer brings Boffin British entry to Eurovision

Peter Kirn - February 17, 2026

Breaking: cave-like reflections in Robert Henke’s free Lanzarote Verb

Peter Kirn - February 16, 2026

Here’s Laurie Spiegel introducing Music Mouse in the 1980s

Peter Kirn - February 16, 2026