If you wished Ableton’s Note app worked as a controller, this could be for you. 7III Tap lets you play, use scales, control devices, trigger clips, and mix from your phone.
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Free SoundHack tools: now plug-ins and Max and Pd, Apple Silicon native
You’ve got choices for how to delay, distort, mangle, spectrally transform, and meddle with audio. But Tom Erbe’s legendary SoundHack stands out – and it’s free. And now it’s Apple Silicon ready.
Don’t miss these great sound and music tutorials for Unreal Engine
Unreal Engine’s sonic powers are extraordinary and free of cost – both in games and audiovisual environments but even powerful enough to consider Unreal as a music tool in its own right. The challenge is navigating the deep interface. The Sound FX Guy is one of the must-have learning resources for Unreal sound and music.
Soundtoys 5 academic pricing is back, at $99 for 22 plug-ins
Hey students (and audio teachers): from SuperPlate to Decapitator, EchoBoy to Crystallizer, qualified academics can get the full Soundtoys 5 bundle for just US$99. That’s the first academic pricing on the bundle since 2018, but it’s only available for a limited time.
Hakai Labs lets you connect your classic NES controller to Eurorack
There’s no substitute for modular synthesis, patch cords and all. And there’s nothing quite like a classic Nintendo Entertainment System. So? Combine them.
Leafcutter John takes you deeper into the strange, wonderful tool Forester
If many music tools guide you, pointing you to particular sounds and hand-holding you on the grid, then Forester blindfolds you and drops you in the gaseous sea of a far-off moon. New videos give you a leg up in figuring out just how to access all that weird goodness.
808 Day: A Guy Called Gerald presets for Roland; deal round-up
No excuses: A Guy Called Gerald is here with more presets proving Roland’s ACB emulation of the TR-808 can sound f***ing great. Plus a quick round-up of steep flash discounts for your 808 Day enjoyment.
pulu: free Novation Nocturn resurrection, Mac OS 9 livecoding, happy jams!
Miranda (aka pulu) Finnish electronic artist and livecoder, is doing the archaic things others won’t. That includes bringing your Novation Nocturn back from the dead, using ancient versions of SuperCollider on iBooks and Mac OS 9, and sharing some truly happy jams.
cables.gl, free visual programming: now open source, offline
cables.gl is a wonderful creative environment for everything the browser can do visually – interaction, motion, and 3D. And now it sports a full open source MIT license and a version you can download and use offline.
Teenage Engineering’s new Medieval drum sampler – no, not a joke
Teenage Engineering was apparently worried we’d stopped thinking they were bats*** insane. So they’re here with a fully Medieval edition of the EP-133 drum sampler/composer, complete with lute and farm animal samples and a silkscreen inspired by illuminated manuscripts.