Android users get Polaris, a new pocket music maker

Peter Kirn - April 8, 2024

Leap Motion is back, so you can add 3D gestures for $139 – with or without a VR headset

Peter Kirn - June 6, 2023

Inside Ableton’s Drift, the hardware-inspired synth in Live 11, with designer Marc Resibois

Peter Kirn - May 31, 2023

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

Peter Kirn - May 23, 2023

Mutable Instruments swan song: end of production leaves huge legacy, one last Plaits update

Peter Kirn - December 15, 2022

RNBO (“rainbow”): Start in Max’s UI, deliver to plug-ins, Web browsers, hardware, any OS

Peter Kirn - November 1, 2022

Max makers Cycling ’74 are out in the hills teasing something involving RasPi

Peter Kirn - October 5, 2022

Chantlings, an app where animated forest creatures sing along with you, is a marvel of design

Peter Kirn - August 25, 2022

Linux gets native analog modeled plug-ins, Pultec emulations, with VST, VST3, and now – CLAP

Peter Kirn - August 24, 2022

CLAP is a new open-source plug-in format from Bitwig, u-he – do we need it, and who will use it?

Peter Kirn - June 15, 2022