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Maxess, free externals for Max and Max for Live accessibility, available now
Iftah Gabbai has delivered his Maxess Max/MSP External Collection, a set of tools that interface patches with the native accessibility features of macOS and Windows. They’re a must if you’re making tools with Max and Max for Live – and worth examining for inspiration even if you focus on other platforms.
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303 Day: the freaky CDM Megaroundup
It’s 303 Day. Roland is giving away licenses for its TB-303 plug-in if you act fast. The Internet, for its part, will make you feel like you’re actually on acid. Let’s go.
Peter Kirn - March 3, 2025
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In flickering feedback, an audiovisual synth hums and sings
Krzysztof Cybulski’s Kamer/Ton takes everything you love about video feedback loops and combines them with everything you love about zero-input sound feedback loops, in a flickering and vibrating audiovisual instrument.
Peter Kirn - February 27, 2025
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Ableton Move is a hit for blind and low vision users; more like this, please
Peter Kirn - February 10, 2025
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Minimoog’s missing link: how an icon was born in summer of 1970
Peter Kirn - December 20, 2024
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Alternative histories, realized: someone built a working 80s Apple prototype
Peter Kirn - December 9, 2024
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Imagining an alternate history of music instruments, quipu to skulls
Peter Kirn - November 20, 2024
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