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Ableton Live and Push can now run on Linux, unofficially
Finally, proof that there’s life for Live after Apple and Microsoft. It’s unofficial and totally unsupported, but a set of patches for the free Wine compatibility environment lets you run Ableton Live 12, Max for Live, and Push 2 and Push 3 on Linux. And the result is just about indistinguishable from native support.
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Audio Damage ShinRonin, now free, is a throwback to 2003 plug-in design
You wake up. It’s the year 2003. Some upstart software developer called Audio Damage wants to let you patch a combo filter-delay however you like, including ways that will break your ears. Ronin is reborn as ShinRonin, from a time when software developers let you run with scissors and do strange things. This is one […]
Peter Kirn - July 6, 2026
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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.)
Peter Kirn - July 3, 2026
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Pac-Man, Befaco RANDOM8, and more free modules of VCV Rack
Peter Kirn - June 18, 2026
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Turn Ableton Push 3 into a single expressive percussive surface, free
Peter Kirn - June 15, 2026
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Free: 4ms VCV Rack ROMplers put gobs of drums under voltage control
Peter Kirn - May 19, 2026
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Free: Minimal Audio Hybrid Filter, and some tips on how to use it
Peter Kirn - May 19, 2026
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