Honoring Florian is a free library of Kraftwerk-inspired sounds for Ableton Live, TR-8S, more

This has been a season of obituaries, but when it comes to music, tributes can’t be silent. Francis Preve has a special set of free sounds on his Symplesound platform.

Your snares are weak; here are the free snares (and kicks) you need in Live, from Dial F

What does it take to make snares hot again? This free Live rack, that’s what. Dial F aka David Abravanel has been cooking up new music and more sounds – and stick around for exhaustive kicks. Notes and download for Live 10 are all on Google Drive: Snare Synth download, Rack, and demo project It […]

Peter Kirn - May 25, 2020

Get Asymmetric with a ton of back-catalog Inigo Kennedy downloads, free

Another world, another time, in the age of … well, back when MP3 encoding still seemed like a pretty neat idea. Discover years of back-catalog goodies from Inigo Kennedy, and have a dreamy asymmetrical day.

Peter Kirn - April 9, 2020

Ableton are ready to get you off the grid with the new FlexGroove device

Peter Kirn - March 19, 2020

Free Downgrade turns Ableton Live into lo-fi wobbly vaporwave tape

Peter Kirn - April 17, 2019

Use Ableton Live faster with the free Live Enhancement Suite

Peter Kirn - March 11, 2019

This free Ableton Live device makes images into wavetables

Peter Kirn - February 28, 2019

Explore sonic inspiration, via this artist’s approach to Novation’s Peak 1.2

Peter Kirn - December 24, 2018

Download a free two-hour Panorama Bar mix from nd_baumecker

Peter Kirn - December 21, 2018

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