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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 […]
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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
DIY + Unusual Motion Music Music tech Tech
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
DIY + Unusual Music tech Software Tech
Rejoice, for Destroy FX has updated their free plug-ins, including legendary glitchy Buffer Override
Peter Kirn - September 24, 2021
Music tech Software Tech
Polyphonic noise generation from Indonesia, in squaresolid’s Chaosbyte synth
Peter Kirn - September 24, 2021
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Plogue has made a chip-perfect emulation of the Yamaha FM synth line
Peter Kirn - September 22, 2021
Music tech Software Tech
Top music gear news from Superbooth 2021 – the CDM monster guide
Peter Kirn - September 22, 2021
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