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Pro Tools gets Ableton-style clips and a free iPad app: Sketch, 2023.9 update
Well, we expected this, though maybe expected it a bit earlier. Avid is adding what is essentially an Ableton Live Session clone to its UI, available both in the new Pro Tools update and in a free iPad app called Pro Tools Sketch. The iPad app, for its part, visually looks very much like Apple’s […]
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Thump One is a hard-hitting wavetable-kick-supersaw synth – and it’s free
What if you could take the essence of a melodic 808 kick, a wavetable synth, the thick supersaw from a JP8000, and an edgy percussive synth and mash them all together into one magical lead-kick-synth? And then what if you made that free? Well, that’s just what Toybox has done with the Thump One. It’s the deluxe banana split covered in whipped cream dessert treat of synthesizers – and you deserve it.
Peter Kirn - September 18, 2023
Music tech Software Tech
Squeeze is a free upward compressor for Ableton Live – subtle to intense
We are awash with various dynamics tools these days, but don’t sleep on this. GMaudio is a deceptively simple upward compressor that you’ll want in your Ableton Live arsenal, as it can scale effortlessly from nuance to extreme. And it’s remarkable that it’s free; it almost feels like it fell out of an Ableton Live upgrade from a parallel universe.
Peter Kirn - September 15, 2023
Music tech Software Tech
HoRNet DeeLay vintage digital delay is free today only
Peter Kirn - September 5, 2023
Music tech Software Tech
Solarus is a free Ableton Live modulation tool that uses the motions of the solar system
Peter Kirn - June 28, 2023
Music tech Software Tech
This free Max for Live device will remind you to exercise – while popping up yoga videos
Peter Kirn - May 12, 2023
Music tech Software Tech
Get an ultra-realistic modeled cymbal plug-in for free: CHAIR EXC!TE CYMBAL
Peter Kirn - May 8, 2023
DIY + Unusual Music tech Software Tech
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