In case you missed it, in November, KORG fixed issues with their portable Bluetooth MIDI controllers/keyboards and iOS 13. Wireless operation works with desktop OSes, too – and it’s really cool.
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Strokes is a powerful Euclidean drum sequencer, inspired by a real-life master drummer
The latest pattern tool for Ableton Live and Max for Live is a source of complex rhythms, new ideas, and performance tools. And it all started with a good read about a real drummer.
SoundCloud mobile app is now an equal citizen – including enabling uploads
SoundCloud have been gradually adding or restoring features to mobile users – and now uploading is available on iOS (and soon, Android).
Bionic synthesis: artists make music with a prosthetic arm, eye motion
Accessibility in music can mean expanding expression beyond what is normally physically possible. For one artist, that means jacking a prosthesis as CV – for another, overcoming paralysis to make music with eyes alone. Bertolt Meyer was already producing and DJing, even with a birth condition that left him without the lower portion of one […]
Bandcamp is an ecosystem; this guide explains how that can help your music grow
Bandcamp can work best when you’re both an artist and a fan on the platform. And if you care about actually connected with people, that’s a big deal.
Prototypes are free, open-source plug-ins – use them for sound, or to learn Csound
Get a free algorithmic bass drum generator, a lo-fi modulator, a massive granular workstation, for free – and that’s just the beginning.
Someone made a Pomodoro timer for Ableton Live, so you can stay productive, take breaks
Productivity engineering has come to music production. A popular method for timeboxing is now available as a free Live add-on.
In quarantined China, concerts and clubs are going online as a safe place to meet
Even in the capital Beijing, once-crowded streets are now empty, as the 2019-nCoV coronavirus outbreak forces people at home. The solution for live musicians: turn to streaming.
The Wall of Sound reimagines a sampler-sequencer for public space and use
In an oversized, lo-fi electronic sound instrument, the project from Warszawa, PL’s panGenerator lets the public collaborate on sonic graffiti.
The latest attempt to make digital music tangible: NFC-powered Muse Blocks
We are living in an immaterial world. Muse Blocks, tiles with embedded NFC chips, are one idea, and now team up with a popular electronic music label.