Remake Live 12 with retro refinement: updated workstation, ultra-dark themes

If you’re staring at Ableton Live for extended periods of time, why not dress it up so it has all the panache of a high-end 90s UNIX workstation? DeafMan’s retro-chic theme collections have now been rebooted for Live 12, where they look better than ever.

Make Ableton Live easy on the eyes in low light – with a retro 80s & 90s look

Our friend DeafMan is back with another retro take on the Ableton Live color scheme. This time, the idea is making Live look attractive and legible in low light – even extreme low light. So get set for that late-night session, light a couple of candles, and travel back to the screen aesthetics of the 80s and 90s.

Peter Kirn - October 4, 2023

Atari, at 50, leaves a legacy of electronic imagination in visuals and sound

It’s official: video games, or certainly their leading icon Atari, have crossed the half-century landmark. But maybe that’s why the aesthetics of some of Atari’s earliest greats now sound newly fresh – not only retro, but as something elemental no deep in music, art, and culture.

Peter Kirn - June 29, 2022

Enter the wondrous world of Walter Giers’ electronic sound art

Peter Kirn - February 13, 2017

Join Electric Indigo, Inner8 for an Immersion in Aesthetics

Peter Kirn - July 31, 2015

Morphing Abstractions to New Thom Yorke Superband, Tarik Barri's Poetry of Flatness

Peter Kirn - January 8, 2013

Morphing Abstractions to New Thom Yorke Superband, Tarik Barri’s Poetry of Flatness

Peter Kirn - January 8, 2013

Journey Game Out Today; Designing Feeling, Timeless Design

Peter Kirn - March 13, 2012

Exploring File Formats, Glitch with Rosa Menkman; Reading, Resources, Downloads

Peter Kirn - September 27, 2011

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