Using Ableton Push 3 to work with hardware, play live, and capture ideas

The excellent Nadia Struiwigh has taken out time from her busy production and live touring schedule to break down how she works with Push 3 standalone and hardware. There are tons of great ideas here – and while we’re on the topic, here’s a useful hardware accessory for expanding Push 3 with more CV outputs.

VCV Rack patches in a module? 4ms explains their Meta Module

It’s the prototype that ate Chicago’s Knobcon. 4ms showed their new “Meta Module,” which lets you put patches inside a hardware module. The new module can run compatible VCV Rack patches with full hands-on and CV control. An image went viral, but without all the details. So here’s 4ms to get meta with us and explain exactly what’s going on.

Peter Kirn - September 12, 2023

Mixing, FX, recording, USB in a module: 1010music bluebox goes Eurorack

Hot on the heels of Noise Engineering’s Eurorack mixer dream, we get a different approach. 1010music announces today at Knobcon that they’re bringing their bluebox mixer to Eurorack format, with quite a few extras. That means if this was closer to what you wanted in modular mixing, now you have a Eurorack-native device. CDM has both to test – but first, here’s a look at Bluebox.

Peter Kirn - September 9, 2023

What if modular cases were also modular? Geert’s 3D-printed solution

Peter Kirn - September 4, 2023

The best Labor Day deals on synths and plug-ins – starting at $10

Peter Kirn - September 2, 2023

Xer Mixa, Eurorack mixer with massive features, compact size, from Noise Engineering

Peter Kirn - August 31, 2023

Superbooth Berlin will return in 2024; kick back with some 2023 highlights

Peter Kirn - August 28, 2023

New from Intellijel: Sealegs dubby stereo FX, Stomp for pedal integration

Peter Kirn - August 21, 2023

Coming soon from Kyiv: Sitka Gravity clock and trigger Eurorack module

Peter Kirn - August 14, 2023

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