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The Nord Modular G2 is one of electronic music’s most beloved departed pieces of gear. Now it gets a second lease on life, for free – with Csound.
Admina and the patriarchy-smashing edges of Bucharest’s underground
Call it a second post-Communist Romanian revolution: artists are reshaping the scene just as quickly as they can keep the clubs open. Meet Admina and Corp.
Roland quietly made their DJ controllers into live-hybrid machines
Roland’s 1.10 DJ controller update adds a bunch of features – and plays to the machines’ strengths, drawn from the TR drum machine line, as live machines.
Ableton Shreds: This Live 10 video is … maybe more like your real life
Okay, so – someone has taken the Live 10 demo video, and made a “shreds” overdub, and … well, we all feel it, don’t we?
Output’s Analog Brass & Winds is an orchestral library for synth lovers
You’ve got your synth sounds. You’ve got your orchestral sample libraries. And they’ve always been separate – until now.
Ableton Live 10 arrives: how you’ll use it, what it means for Max for Live
After weeks of watching Ableton’s trainers and testers have the fun, Live 10 is now the current version. Here’s what that means for you.
TX Modular is a vast, free set of sound tools in SuperCollider
Granulators, drones, mixing, synths, effects, control, and on and on – TX Modular is an insanely huge set of tools, and the cost is zero.
MIDI evolves, adding more expressiveness and easier configuration
It’s been a long time coming, but MIDI now officially has added MPE and “capability inquiry,” opening up new expression and automatic configuration.
Erica are set to bring the 909 into the modular age with their latest gear
Erica may be known for their tube-powered, retro-Polyvoks post-Soviet chic – but now they’re taking on the TR-909, in modules and a powerful drum computer.