Tired of controller lock-in? Mixxx is a free DJ alternative; 2.4.2 out now

Peter Kirn - November 27, 2024

Ableton Live’s new options fix latency recording problems: here’s how

Peter Kirn - November 26, 2024

Tim Exile’s cancer recovery project is a generative, morphing groovebox

Peter Kirn - November 26, 2024

Imaginando TV3 acid synth and bassline generator, free through Dec 1

Peter Kirn - November 25, 2024

Sumu arrives, with unique semi-modular take on spectral sound design

Peter Kirn - November 22, 2024

Free Supermassive reverb gets a silky, stellar new mode: Pleiades

Peter Kirn - November 22, 2024

Jumping ship to Bluesky? Here’s where to start for music and tech

Peter Kirn - November 21, 2024

Zoe McPherson track Thumb Governance loaded in Bandcamp with Bandcamp Tempo Adjust plugin controls available - CDJ-style bpm detection, range toggles, and master tempo toggle visible.

Bandcamp and Discogs Tempo Adjust has a new UI, Master Tempo

Peter Kirn - November 20, 2024

Three speculative designs on white pedestals with a white background. A quipu-powered drum machine with knotted pieces of rope, a viola da gamba with a hollow body and amplification, and a skull-and-bone horn.

Imagining an alternate history of music instruments, quipu to skulls

Peter Kirn - November 20, 2024

Crum Hum from above - white knobs, triangular touch plates, parameters for sound, effects (reverb, drive), randomization visible.

CRUM HUM, new generative synth focused on soundscapes

Peter Kirn - November 19, 2024