Music
Download a book on Dutch electronic music history, Philips and beyond, free
Kees Tazelaar’s On the Threshold of Beauty is a wonderful plunge into the history of electronic music in the Netherlands, 1925-1965, including the Philips Pavilion and the World’s Fair, but a whole lot more. It’s free to download now — the perfect beach book if you’re a total nerd. (Welcome home.)
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Your snares are weak; here are the free snares (and kicks) you need in Live, from Dial F
What does it take to make snares hot again? This free Live rack, that’s what. Dial F aka David Abravanel has been cooking up new music and more sounds – and stick around for exhaustive kicks. Notes and download for Live 10 are all on Google Drive: Snare Synth download, Rack, and demo project It […]
Peter Kirn - May 25, 2020
Music tech Software Stories Tech
Voltage Modular 2.0 – more features, more modules, more friendly – plus how to use it, free
Software modular just keeps getting better. Cherry Audio’s Voltage Modular looks like a top contender, with a major (free) 2.0 update and changes to support free and affordable module add-ons. https://cherryaudio.com/news/2020-05-19/voltage-modular-2-0-is-here Where Cherry fits Just think how rich and accessible the modular world is in software – and Cherry just made it more so. VCV […]
Peter Kirn - May 25, 2020
Music tech Software Stories Tech
It’s made from Santa’s Fire Trucks, but this free Ableton Live pack makes chilled-out sounds
Peter Kirn - December 26, 2019
Modular-Analog Music tech Software Tech
Abyss is a free doom effect for Max for Live – happy Halloween!
Peter Kirn - October 31, 2019
Music tech Software Tech
Fractal Bits is a drum synth with over 4 billion sounds, for iOS and Android [warmplace.ru]
Peter Kirn - October 15, 2019
Android Apps iOS Music tech Tech
Crossover VCV Rack modular: Vult goes hardware, as Erica adds free software
Peter Kirn - July 29, 2019
Gear Modular-Analog Stories Tech
