Tau5 will be a hub for live coding music, visuals, and art with friends – or bots

Sonic Pi creator Sam Aaron is building something new. It’s early days, but Tau5 promises to be a “next-gen” creative coding environment. You can use it with your favorite tools, including Ableton Live, hardware, TidalCycles, Hydra, and others. And you never have to feel alone: you can jam with others, code with friends, and even code with AI — or keep it all-human if you prefer. Let’s explain.

How to make the most of Drum Trigs in Fugue Machine Rubato (macOS, iOS)

Fugue Machine Rubato is an advanced sequencer capable of spawning elaborate, shifting patterns. Drum Trigs are a new addition to Fugue Machine that allows you to weave drum hits into your melodies. Here’s your guide to getting started.

Peter Kirn - July 2, 2025

cables, free visual creation patcher on Web and app, gets big updates

cables.gl, the stunning, free, and open-source media creation environment for visuals and sound, is back with its June update. The Web-powered, Web-or-offline tool is faster, editing is easier, it’s more future-proof and reliable, and they’ve updated their roadmap for what they envision this to be. Even alongside other tools, it’s great to patch like this on the Web.

Peter Kirn - June 23, 2025

Logic Pro for iPad, Mac: Flashback Capture and a slew of subtle tweaks

Peter Kirn - May 28, 2025

Ableton Move 1.5 beta: full MIDI I/O and clock, sample slicing, Auto Filter, more

Peter Kirn - May 7, 2025

Patch in VR using gestures, not controllers: PatchWorld update

Peter Kirn - December 24, 2024

Captivate is a free, open source visual synth and DMX lighting tool

Peter Kirn - November 16, 2023

New MPC One+ standalone: wireless and more storage, $699 – and runs AIR’s new Juno plugin

Peter Kirn - May 30, 2023

Inside the new Ableton Push: all the technical details so far, from I/O to Max for Live

Peter Kirn - May 23, 2023

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