Free MIDI Tape Recorder captures all your expression – sample-accurate, no quantization

It’s a way of going truly off the grid – MIDI Tape Recorder captures and recalls performances as sample-accurate, like tape. It’s free for Mac and iOS now, from developer Geert Bevin / Uwyn.

Android users get an expressive, powerful MIDI control app in DAW IT

Owners of Android devices may well feel left out as far as music applications, but here’s one promising exception – one with enough advanced control features that it might even justify picking up a budget Android tablet.

Peter Kirn - July 20, 2021

Bitwig Studio 4: Apple Silicon, new Operators, expression Spread, comping

Bitwig Studio 4 doesn’t have a single banner feature like The Grid. Instead, you get multiple refinements: Operators combine the best of hardware with the best of DAWs – and the new version runs natively on your new Mac. Okay, first – Bitwig continues to excel at supporting every platform. That includes Linux (and I […]

Peter Kirn - May 27, 2021

How MPE can work on hardware synths: a look at Sequential OB-6, Prophet 6 updates

Peter Kirn - January 8, 2021

Inside Cypher2, and what could be a more expressive future for synths

Peter Kirn - September 3, 2018

The Touché, adding expression to synths – just in time for Moogfest

Peter Kirn - May 17, 2018

MIDI Polyphonic Expression is now a thing, with new gear and software

Peter Kirn - May 7, 2018

This app turns iPhone 3D touch into an expressive instrument

Peter Kirn - October 18, 2016

As My Guitar Gently Weeps with a Japanese Politician

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