Apple is adding Live Loops, as predicted and leaked. But the new release of Logic Pro X is far more than that, with new workflows for sampling, looping, and beatmaking on the Mac and with the iPad.
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Sounds Rising: Music from Georgia in days of protests
Music Stories April 10, 2025
From Mexico and around the world, music mixes as salve to anxiety and loneliness
Dimension Series is broadcasting mixes again from its Mexico City home base, in a tour around the world of every groove and ambiance. It’s mood elevation through music – for “Each Other.”
Stay home, patch stuff – watch Eden Grey walk through lovely, layered modular sounds
Musician and community organizer Eden Grey is sharing some of the sounds she’s patching together, and talking about how they’re made.
monome’s alternative musical world: a hands-on creative expedition with norns and grid
It’s a rarified way of making music – the ultra-minimal monome grid and norns open music platform. But what is it really about? We turn to reviewer Andreas Roman to find out.
Apple sticker shock? Try this simple experiment – look at Razer’s configuration page
Sometimes an online configuration and spec sheet is worth 1000 words. And yeah, if you want to see why some users in the pro market are switching OSes – this sums it up.
Apple’s sweet spot: which MacBook do you want for music making now?
Every price point in Apple’s notebook lineup has recently gotten an update, with revisions to the 13″ MacBook Pro this week. And they’ve fixed the keyboards. So if you’re in the market for a Mac, which should you get? We know from sales figures that even in the midst of dueling economic and health crises, […]
Notch, endlessly parameterized visual tool, explained and reviewed for mere mortals
Imagine the powers of motion effects – but with the ability to control all of them, parameter by parameter, and use assets dynamically without only rendering video. From artists and VJs to big events, that’s significant. CDM’s Ted Pallas breaks down Notch in a review for the real world. -Ed.
Get lost in stupidly ace sounds and imagery of the algorave, then get smarter and make your own
Algorave culture has been training years for this – it’s an audiovisual form that can make even a screen and streamed sound really come alive. Just watch – and actually, don’t just watch, here’s how to learn, too. Normally, algorave articles talk breathlessly about code, blah blah, people coding on screen, isn’t that nerdy, look […]
Make Noise 0-CTRL is the controller-sequencer followup to 0-Coast
There have been few surprise hits in the world of patchable instruments like Make Noise’s 0-Coast. But they just might have another hit – a tabletop, patchable, clockable controller-sequencer. And it’s adorable – and US$399.
Apply Reason anywhere: Pro Tools support with Reason AAX plug-in
Reason’s approach: use their workflow wherever you want, in whatever DAW you want. And now, in case there was any doubt, they’re adding an AAX-format plug-in for Pro Tools users. All of this makes sense in the grand history of Reason. The company formerly known as Propellerhead first made Reason work as a virtual rack […]