Live screenshot showing fully-expanded Roar saturation/coloration tool, including multiband processing.

Twelve things to try inĀ Ableton Live 12 right now

Live 12 is here – so now what? Here are twelve other ideas to try out, from timesavers to inspiration sources.

Free XiixiiQ sequencer for macOS, Logic sums Euclidean generators

It morphs, it step sequences, it generates – it’s an incredibly deep, polymetric, polyrhythmic MIDI sequencer for macOS that works especially well as a Logic Pro MIDI FX. And it’s free. Meet XiixiiQ. My Yule log for 2023 is probably feeding this into Sculpture.

Peter Kirn - December 18, 2023

_Efx MOTIONS: Arturia’s new moving, modulating multi-effects plug-in

If you like your effects with a heaping side serving of envelopes and modulation, MOTIONS is for you. Triggers and dynamics, texturizers and distortion, filters and panning, and a whole lot of tools for creating shapes and rhythms combine in a semi-modular multi-effects that just won’t sit still. But – that doesn’t mean you can’t use it for precise and subtle effects or skip the over-the-top stuff. Let’s explain.

Peter Kirn - October 17, 2023

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