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Turn Ableton Push 3 into a single expressive percussive surface, free
The most exciting add-on for Ableton Live this spring for me is actually not an Ableton Extension. It’s warpradius, a Max for Live device by Jon Doe One that transforms the entire grid into a single expressive percussion surface. It employs a Bessel membrane resonator model, a modal synthesis method that produces realistic, varied percussion sounds. And it’s free.
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Free: Minimal Audio Hybrid Filter, and some tips on how to use it
Minimal Audio is celebrating its anniversary, and so we get the excellent Hybrid Filter for free for a limited time. And what a nice multi-mode filter this is, with a bunch of exotic modes, amplitude modulation, and a built-in envelope follower as a modulation source.
Peter Kirn - May 19, 2026
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Free emulations of 80s Alesis MIDIVERB II, MicroVerb, in plug-in form
Beloved by digital reverb buffs and shoegaze aficionados, not one but two classic reverbs are now in unofficial plug-in emulations — the MicroVerb and the MIDIVERB II. That includes the full range of MIDIVERB multi-effects, from gated reverbs to chorus and triggered flange, plus the grit and reverse of the Micro. Let’s travel back to the hottest gear of the late 1980s, for free.
Peter Kirn - April 27, 2026
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You can now get eight of UA’s best plug-ins free, plus the free LUNA DAW
Peter Kirn - April 15, 2026
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Sonify data in Ableton Live with a free MIDI Tool; weather data walkthrough
Peter Kirn - March 25, 2026
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Free experimental and ambient bank for Grainferno, plus sound design tips
Peter Kirn - March 13, 2026
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