monome and RNBO now play together – with a free drum sampler patch

The iconic monome grid just got native support from Cycling ’74’s RNBO, the patching tool for exporting Max sounds on other hardware and software environments. There’s a fun, free example patch to get you started, too.

Machinedrum, repatched: Cycling ’74 doing fun stuff with RNBO

Take a Raspberry Pi, add a delicious web editor in RNBO, and then – go nuts controlling the iconic Elektron Machinedrum. Cycling ’74 is having a lot of fun with RNBO, their Max patching solution for targeting hardware, plug-ins, and the Web.

Peter Kirn - June 7, 2024

RNBO 1.3.0, now a powerful RasPi raw MIDI tool – plus, chats with Max artists

Cycling ’74 quietly released an update for RNBO, their tool for patching sound for web, plug-ins, and hardware. Here’s a look at what’s new, plus their lovely Office Hours series with artists like Jessica Ekomane and Suren Senevirante (My Panda Shall Fly).

Peter Kirn - May 18, 2024

MINIDEXED puts 8 DX7 emulators on a USB stick

Peter Kirn - November 28, 2023

What the future of the NUC platform means for Ableton Push standalone

Peter Kirn - September 19, 2023

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

Peter Kirn - May 23, 2023

Wiggler is a bendy expressive DIY synth – and its creator is sharing their process

Peter Kirn - March 9, 2023

PicoADK is a complete DIY board to build your own sound inventions – coded in Vult DSP

Peter Kirn - February 21, 2023

You can now add a ton of high-end reverbs to MOD Audio gear – with custom convolution up to 15s

Peter Kirn - February 16, 2023

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