Nintendo DS as ultra-portable generative source, with homebrew and Lua

It’s generative music that can fit into a spare pocket of a backpack. Nintendo DS + CellsDS homebrew + a little Lua code hacking + Korg’s Pandora PX4D guitar multi-effects = pure bliss.

Roland P-6 pocket sampler with FX, granular engine: here’s what to know

Roland’s latest handheld boutique synth is a departure. Instead of a synth or drum machine, it was inspired by the SP-404. Here’s the skinny on its onboard sampling, effect, and sequencer features, direct from the source.

Peter Kirn - September 12, 2024

Dancing “vibes” and 2 more mood-elevating freebies for Live, DAWs

As much as music making can pick you up, sometimes you need an extra injection of joy. So meet Max – a blue dancing figure you will “vïbe” to your music on any Ableton Live track, free. And more freebies: a bathroom reverb for Ableton Live and a chipper chippy 12-bit polysynth for any DAW.

Peter Kirn - August 5, 2024

Minimal Audio’s Ripple Phaser: taking the phaser into the deep

Peter Kirn - July 30, 2024

Sinevibes effects now on KORG’s ultra-affordable NTS-1 mkII, NTS-3

Peter Kirn - July 22, 2024

Baby Audio Humanoid review: hard tuning, vocal transformer, wavetables

Peter Kirn - July 1, 2024

Colour and Widen Max for Live devices, with Colour showing a visualization of a tube.

ELPHNT ESSENTIALS – free Live Colour, Widen, Filter, Excite, Shift

Peter Kirn - June 11, 2024

Elektron Digitakt II: stereo sampling, multiple FX, more horsepower, storage

Peter Kirn - April 24, 2024

Penguin parade: Sinevibes now does Linux

Peter Kirn - April 11, 2024

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