From Ancient Greek to Znameny Chant, a world beyond Western notation

If news of Finale’s demise had you pondering what notation is for – and who it’s for – those are the right questions to ask. And yes, there is a world beyond Common Western Notation.

Here’s a free polysynth built entirely inside Unreal Engine 5

How much can Unreal Engine and MetaSounds accomplish? Developer/artist Matt Spendlove has built a complete open-source polysynth in it, roughly recreating the AudioKit Synth One using Unreal’s internal tools.

Peter Kirn - August 19, 2024

Free SoundHack tools: now plug-ins and Max and Pd, Apple Silicon native

You’ve got choices for how to delay, distort, mangle, spectrally transform, and meddle with audio. But Tom Erbe’s legendary SoundHack stands out – and it’s free. And now it’s Apple Silicon ready.

Peter Kirn - August 14, 2024

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

Peter Kirn - August 5, 2024

Dump After Effects and use this in your browser, free: motion graphics, video

Peter Kirn - July 8, 2024

Free, ultra-deep spectral synth from Steinberg: X-Stream

Peter Kirn - July 4, 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

Free ChucK sound coding is now in Unreal Engine – and it’s a big deal

Peter Kirn - April 2, 2024

Free Sosir plug-in, experimental bowing effect, is a deep drone machine

Peter Kirn - March 7, 2024

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