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Maxess, free externals for Max and Max for Live accessibility, available now
Iftah Gabbai has delivered his Maxess Max/MSP External Collection, a set of tools that interface patches with the native accessibility features of macOS and Windows. They’re a must if you’re making tools with Max and Max for Live – and worth examining for inspiration even if you focus on other platforms.
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Nitecaller has made a gorgeous analog reimagining of ARP 2600, Odyssey
Naarm/Melbourne’s own Nitecaller is making dreamy sounds- and now has the home-built dreamy synth to match. Meet the T-16 semi-modular synth, recreating and expanding on the analog circuits of classic ARPs, built by Nitecaller and his brother.
Peter Kirn - March 11, 2025
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This artist is connecting Unreal, Ableton Live for production-grade visualizers
For all the ubiquity of Unreal Engine, a small handful of people are pushing the envelope of what Unreal can do as an audiovisual tool. With years of effects and animation production work under his belt, Zack Berwick is uniquely creative and inventive with the combo – and he’s sharing his approach, using Ableton Live, Max for Live, MIDI, OSC, and UE.
Peter Kirn - March 7, 2025
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303 Day: the freaky CDM Megaroundup
Peter Kirn - March 3, 2025
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In flickering feedback, an audiovisual synth hums and sings
Peter Kirn - February 27, 2025
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Noise Surround System makes spatial audio kinetic, mechanical
Peter Kirn - February 27, 2025
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TouchDesigner has a free meetup today on kinetic installations
Peter Kirn - February 18, 2025
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Sonification Tools for Ableton Live now has a synth that plays data
Peter Kirn - February 13, 2025
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Worlds of sound from hacked hard drives, piano-triggered modular
Peter Kirn - February 7, 2025
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