Ableton Live 12: a guide to everything that’s new

Ableton has announced Live 12 today, with new tools for creating sounds, exploring musical ideas, and playing with the software as an instrument.

Ardour 8 – what’s new, and why this free, open-source DAW is worth a look

Ardour 8 has arrived with easier editing, automation, improved tempo mapping, arpeggiators, Launchpad Pro controller support, and more. The DAW is a workflow powerhouse – and it’s free and open source for Mac, Windows, and Linux.

Peter Kirn - October 9, 2023

Pro Tools gets Ableton-style clips and a free iPad app: Sketch, 2023.9 update

Well, we expected this, though maybe expected it a bit earlier. Avid is adding what is essentially an Ableton Live Session clone to its UI, available both in the new Pro Tools update and in a free iPad app called Pro Tools Sketch. The iPad app, for its part, visually looks very much like Apple’s […]

Peter Kirn - September 21, 2023

Arturia Augmented BRASS makes it uncommonly easy to build up hybrid brass sounds

Peter Kirn - May 5, 2023

Dorico 4 is finally engraving-level notation with MIDI editing powers, in a single tool

Peter Kirn - January 14, 2022

Futility is a shortcut-packed answer to working faster in Ableton Live, and it’s just four bucks

Peter Kirn - November 26, 2021

Now that MOTU’s DP does clips, here’s a video explaining how to use them

Peter Kirn - December 16, 2019

Learn how to arrange your modular tracks with VCV Rack, Ableton Live

Peter Kirn - July 16, 2019

Bitwig Studio 2.5 beta arrives with features inspired by the community

Peter Kirn - December 11, 2018

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