Max 9 is available today, bringing benefits for casual tinkerers and hardcore devs alike. There’s more code, more performance, more livecoding, more visual powers, and – one more thing: you get the building blocks Ableton uses for sound.
Music
Utrecht’s Le Guess Who? festival chronicles a broken visa system
Music November 7, 2024
Arash Azadi’s music returns to primordial states of human existence
Music November 6, 2024
Peak 90s Opcode in a Vision training tape, NIN music video
Motion Music Music tech Tech November 4, 2024
Quincy Jones in four essential interviews
Music November 4, 2024
Baby Audio Transit 2 multi-effect: exclusive free presets, details
I’ve been working on exclusive free presets for you for the new Baby Audio x Andrew Huang Transit 2. The goal was to treat this like a multi-effect, not just a “transition” builder. Here’s that download, plus exact details of what’s new in this release and some answers to your questions.
MeeBlip geode is finding its way into jams with Nightshade Edition
Our MeeBlip geode Nightshade Edition has popped up in some of your hands. It’s time for another round-up of MeeBlip music! (And there are still a handful of geodes left, if you’re quick.)
Arturia’s take on Elka Synthex puts buttery layers, hypnotic arps in reach
SynthX V from Arturia may be the easiest way to bring the goodness of the rare Elka Synthex to your computer, with superb sound and push-button ease for cross-modulation and layering. And then you add the Multi-Arpeggiator to the mix…
20 years ago today, I published the first stories to Create Digital Music
October 27, 2004 is the beginning of the CDM story archive. That’s visible by going to page 1,150 (as I write this). And hello 2024: this is post 11,491.
Synthesizers.com in VCV Rack gives you Moog-like 5U in software, for free
Imagine having access to a full original Moog modular system. Now imagine you could run the whole thing for free – and it won’t take up a wall of your home. Synthesizers.com has brought its MU East Coast-inspired modular to VCV Rack as freeware. It’s also a great place to begin with software modular synthesis.
In Tbilisi, music is on pause because democracy is on the line
It’s another key moment for the democratic movement championed by Tbilisi’s club scene. Georgia has a pivotal parliamentary election tomorrow – one seen as deeply connected to the country’s future and the ongoing war in Ukraine. That prompted the club Bassiani to put on the breaks for tonight. Here’s what music voices are saying about what’s next.
KORG multi/poly – a modeled mono/poly that’s secretly a KAOSS-filled studio
KORG’s new multi/poly is an analog modeling synth, not an analog remake of the Mono/Poly. But it’s the debut of a new platform for the company – and the digital approach could mean a balance of authentic sound with some much-needed new ideas. It’s really a Mono/Poly crossed with some of the best of recent KORG digital synths and modular. And there’s even a dose of KAOSS.
Waldorf Microwave 1 synth is on iPad, and it’s an instant favorite
Microwave’s wavetable synthesis with unique, snappy envelopes and idiosyncratic filter and converters now comes to the iPad. That could make an ideal way to play the Microwave on the go – especially with AUv3 support.
Elektron’s new shiny: Digitone II hardware sequel, Syntakt 1.3 firmware
Elektron is here with (maybe) a reason to sell old Elektron gear and buy something new with Digitone II. That news comes right on the heels of a big 1.3 firmware update, if you’d rather make existing gear better.