For years, musicians have asked for software to do what the BOSS RC-505 Loop Station does, and make looping easy. The Audiokit L7 does just that.
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Here’s how to add proper dark themes for Ableton Live, SoundCloud, embrace darkness
Dark themes are all the rage these days, from phones to desktop OSes. Now it’s time for stuff you use every day to go properly to black, too – hello Ableton Live and SoundCloud. Okay, dark themes actually have inspired some controversy when it comes to usability and even eye fatigue. But it’s pretty understandable […]
No, sharing your Spotify year-end artist stats is not a good idea – here’s why not
If you’re following music acts, odds are you’re already seeing Spotify-generated stats and graphs from artists. There’s a backlash to the practice – and with good reason.
Watch KORG Gadget on Nintendo Switch prove music can be multiplayer fun, too
In many, many languages, the word for “playing” music is the same as “playing” a game. So it’s fitting KORG has invaded the Nintendo Switch console with music-making – and that you can share with friends.
This t-shirt explains that t-shirts make money for artists and Spotify streaming doesn’t
The Black Dog produced a wonderful piece of self-reflective merch. The sobering message: you’d have to stream on Spotify 6500 times to match this one t-shirt.
Reaper 6 is here – and even more the everyday, budget DAW to beat
It’s got a $60 license for nearly everyone, you can evaluate it for free, and now Reaper – yet again – adds a ton of well-implemented power features. Reaper 6 is the newest edition of this exceptionally capable DAW.
Amazon’s AWS DeepComposer is peak not-knowing-what-AI-is-for
AI can be cool. AI can be strange. AI can be promising, or frightening. Here’s AI at totally uncool and not frightening at all – bundled with a crappy MIDI keyboard, for … some … reason.
Free: get some groovy black-and-white pattern animations for VJ apps
Want to set the mood at your next jam? Learning VJ tools and experimenting with live visuals? Going deeper with shader coding? These free black-and-white animations will get you started.
A fresh electronic sound for the Netherlands, and urgent work to fight racism
For this project, electronic music isn’t just a sound, but a rallying cry. And you can answer that call from all around the world.
Elon Musk’s Cybertruck is already rendered in Shadertoy 3D code
The Tesla Cybertruck unveiled last week already looks like some low-polygon-count 3D model. So of course it’s already some (free) shader code.