Maschine’s new Clips make free-form arrangement easier – first look, and Maschine+ answers

Maschine’s still not exactly a DAW – but it doesn’t lock you into cookie-cutter arrangement any longer. And that’s good news whether you’re eyeing the new standalone Maschine+ or you’re an ongoing user of Maschine software.

ReEQ is a free plugin so good, it’s a reason to use REAPER – and it keeps getting better

Cockos’ REAPER is the stupidly affordable but endlessly customizable DAW. Just one example – this free sixteen-band EQ and spectrum analyzer, created by a user in Reaper’s JSFX*, for free, does just about everything.

Peter Kirn - July 27, 2020

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

If you normally leave a DAW like DP in order to do non-linear clip triggering with other software or hardware, MOTU have something they’d like to show you.

Peter Kirn - December 16, 2019

Bitwig Studio 3.1 lets you do loads of creative stuff with pitch, tuning, slicing

Peter Kirn - November 15, 2019

Don’t upgrade to Catalina yet – here’s an easy explanation why not

Peter Kirn - October 8, 2019

FL Studio 20.5 adds free FLEX, a surprisingly powerful preset synth

Peter Kirn - July 2, 2019

Logic Pro X 10.4.5 is all about huge projects, with or without a Mac Pro

Peter Kirn - June 14, 2019

Get going with MOTU’s DP10 with these videos

Peter Kirn - June 3, 2019

The ABCs of Live 10.1: 2 minutes of shortcuts will help you work faster

Peter Kirn - May 29, 2019

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